Re: lactating, never been preg (and hello again, all!)
From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 30 Jul 2001 17:16:52 -0500 (CDT)
Hi and welcome back Jodi!!!
First of all this question really DOES have to do with PCOS because a
common marker of PCOS is disrupted prolactin levels, so a common symptom
is "leaky boobs." So see, it all relates!
I *think* that with us, we can maybe lactate easier than the general
public. I don't have problems with that unless I am around babies a
lot! I worked in daycare for some years and every time I was around the
newborns I'd start producing milk. Very weird!
But I am pretty sure too that stimulation causes milk production, if
you've got the right hormone set up for it. I remember reading a few
places how adoptive moms would take hormone shots and then rub their
breasts or have hubby do it as it would cause milk production and allow
them to breastfeed their baby. So that could totally be it!
But for sure, and as always, check with your doctor next time you go in
:)
BTW I'm totally with you on the breast stimulation thing. Actually I
prefer it to sex even... it's just... GOOD! (I know, too much
information for a public board, but come on what DON'T we share in this
forum!)
At Mon, 30 Jul 2001, jodi wrote:
>
>hi all...
>
>allow me to show a glimpse of my elitism and say that if i were not the
>one posting this question, i would probably get annoyed that the poster
>was posting something that had nothing to do with PCOS. i mean... we've
>had quite our share of little 16 year olds coming on here asking such
>questions as "can i get pregnant if my boyfriend and i just make out
>heavily?" or whatever... :)
>
>but i DO have PCOS and while this questions doesn't have to do with PCOS
>necassarily... well, someone might be able to answer it as PCOS makes
>us all too familiar with the ways a woman's body ought to work and in
>our case, all the ways it messes up.
>
>does anyone know if extensive... uhhhh, oral and manual breast
>stimulation... can cause a person to begin lactating???
>
>i'm sure you don't need to know all the nitty gritty details of my sex
>life ... but that is the thing that really turns me on.
>
>back in april or so, i realised i was producing breast milk!!! just very
>small amounts... you'd have to squeeze pretty hard to get it out. it
>was coming from both breasts so i assume it wasn't an infection thing.
>the first day i noticed it... i tasted it, and it tasted like garlic.
>i'd eaten garlic something or other the day before... of course, i was
>rather freaked out. i went out and bought a pregnancy test to see if it
>was THAT but it wasn't... i had had prolactin levels checked last
>august when i first began my PCOS testing saga... and they were normal.
>the only thing that changed between that time and april was, well, my bf
>and i went from friends to going out in early september.
>
>i have been afriad to bring this up with a doctor... what if it's
>cancer or something? the thing is... since he has been away all
>summer... well, it seems to have stopped. and early on i notived
>that... since i kept being a nitwit and checking throughout the day,
>every time i squeezed there would be a greater amount coming out. (we're
>talking drops here as amounts... not large amounts...)
>
>i do have a doctors appointment in august and i might decide to bring
>this up but i am wondering... is it possible that just breat
>stimulation is enough to cause lacation???
>
>- jodi
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