Re: lactating, never been preg (and hello again, all!)
From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 30 Jul 2001 19:37:54 -0500 (CDT)
At Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Sonnet wrote:
>
>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 know PCOSers often have high prolactin... which is why i pointed out
that mine tested normal in august. very weird, to have this symptom in
light of that...
>
>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!
>
This is curious... My brother's gf had a baby at the end of last
december, and I have been seeing the baby every week or so... less
often as of late... I wonder if that coukd possibly have anything to do
with it?
>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!
>
Well, the boy returns august 18... let's see what happens in booby
land. :)
>But for sure, and as always, check with your doctor next time you go in
>:)
I will...
>
>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!)
I don't know if I'd say it's BETTER than sex... but it's certainly the
best way to get me in the mood for it. I always hate when my bf's hands
stray south before spending enough time in the north... gotta redirect
him when that happens... :)
- jodi
>
>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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