a girly question - no Foosers allowed...
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I never made milk so I can't help but I'm sure someone will know. I would say yes it's normal, that would be from research I did while I was planning to breast feed. I even held out hope after knowing I had been able to wear the same bra the whole preg without even adjusting. I guess that should have been my sign but I just thought it would come in after the baby....nope
I wouldn't wanna be preggers with a face like that! jkLissa said:
But why did you say it like that?
Yes it is normal for woman to lactate for months and months after they wean. Its just a hormonal change. Most likely you are perfectly normal but like others have said always ask your doc about it if you're concerned. Even better ask a lactation consultant. Call your local LLL, they can give you "real" advise on it compared to a doctor that I probably could walk circles around when it comes to this subject
I was just gonna say it's normal as well.
Your response to being pregnant though made me laugh because when I went to the hospital when I was sick and they asked if I was I said, "Last time I had sex I got pregnant with my baby and as she is 7 months old I am pretty dang sure." The nurse laughed.
Your response to being pregnant though made me laugh because when I went to the hospital when I was sick and they asked if I was I said, "Last time I had sex I got pregnant with my baby and as she is 7 months old I am pretty dang sure." The nurse laughed.
Echoing the others to say it's very normal and especially normal of a first child when your body has to adjust to it's first lactating experience. I continued to lactate for about a year, though it became a clear liquid and was just a bit weepy at times, but nothing serious. My doctor told me it was normal and he also said it was so minimal he did not know why I was even concerned.
I noticed that with my subsequent children, I did not have this problem. I think my body realized that when the baby was done, the baby was done! I breast fed each of my children for about a year.
I noticed that with my subsequent children, I did not have this problem. I think my body realized that when the baby was done, the baby was done! I breast fed each of my children for about a year.
What you are experiencing is normal, Lissa. How long? Who knows, it's different for everyone. How long were you nursing Oliver?
Some women were able to relactate even few YEARS later after they stopped nursing.
Some women were able to relactate even few YEARS later after they stopped nursing.
It still is normal. Many women who were doing relactation (for their baby or adoptive one or for a husband who was having a cancer and was going through treatment) few months to a year from stopping nursing were very susessfull and were able to re-build their FULL supply relatively quickly.[/COLOR]Lissa said:
yes.Lissa said:
your boobs keep producing milk for as long as their in use. There are cases of grandmothers nursing their grandkids in some isolated villages - keep in mind that in some places in the world people aren't so uptight about hygiene and propiety: for instance, in a village where a baby might sometimes get fed by a friend of the family who's lactating... why not? it's gross, but not unsafe.
I've read of women who give milk to milk-banks for years after their own children wean off the breast - I've read of women who gave milk to milk-banks when their own child died in labour - firstly as a way to ease the swelling without wasting the milk, and then as a way to stay connected to their unliving child....
a good book is "fresh milk" - a fascinating book of breast feeding stories - including one hawaiian man who took to comforting his screaming, hungry daughter with his own nipple while waiting for mum to come home - and in the end his nipples actually started to produce some 'stuff'... not milk, but... stuff.