Re: lactating, never been preg (and hello again, all!)
From: Kallie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 31 Jul 2001 07:59:58 -0500 (CDT)
Here is my 2 cents on lactating when not pregnant. It happened to me
to. When? 2 years before I ever became pregnant my boyfriend (ex)
thought he'd like to experiment by putting a clothes pin on my nipple.
(Don't try this at home, hurts like the devil) Anyway, out comes milky
stuff. Not a lot and it was really thick. For a few months after this
I could make this happen by squezing my nipple between my fingers.
I went to see my OB and primary, this wasn't right. First I was told
this is not "breast milk" but Colstrum? the pre breast milk stuff. Also,
my OB sent me for a Cat scan to make sure my pituatary Gland was okay.
This condition when not pregnant can be a sign of a tumor there.
Everything was fine.
I got pregnant, quite a shock at the time, in 1997. This was at a time
I was still wondering if I even could get pregnant - but was also prior
to my PCOS diagnosis.
Here is the kicker - My "Breast milk" never came in. Never, not prior
or after my son being born.
Good thing I didn't want to breastfeed.
Good luck & I think it is worth mentioning to your Dr. for anyone not
pregnant and experiencing this condition.
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
--
Kallie
21w preg on
Clomid son #2
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