Women who have nursed...

[Deleted]

Can you still produce milk?

I haven't nursed a baby in 16 months. I occasionally get curious and want to see what happens when I try to get a little milk out.

Yep, it's still there. Wtf.

Is this why the wet nurse concept worked? Can you just restart the engine with a new baby on short notice or something?

[poppyseed]

This scares me for when I wean. Do you ever feel uncomfortable or engorged or anything? Or just able to squeeze a little out from time to time?

[Deleted]

Hmm I haven't like REALLY REALLY tried but I randomly feel the letdown. I haven't been able to have any come out when I have tried casually.

I've been weaned about 6months.

[cuddlyevil]

Last year, I would get fairly engorged just before AF would start. I hadn't breastfed for nearly a year at that point. It hasn't happened since so I think it was a fluke.

[gretchenindisguise]

Nope, I can't, and it went away pretty quick for me. I did get the random let down feeling for a while afterwards. Nothing came out though.

[Deleted]

It was well over a year before I stopped producing milk after weaning.
I would let your doctor know, I told my OB and looked for pituitary tumors producing lactin

[eddy]

My nips seal up lickty split after I wean.

I also didn't leak when I nursed. Maybe there is a correlation?

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Apr 1, 2013 15:38:43 GMT -5 poppyseed said:

This scares me for when I wean. Do you ever feel uncomfortable or engorged or anything? Or just able to squeeze a little out from time to time?

No. When I try just a drop or two comes out.

[sugarbear]

It took me about a week to not be engorged, when I weaned. Then I completely dried up within a few days.

[angelaa73]

Yes, I can relactate in a moments notice. Squeeze. Milk.

sent from my thank you Easter Bunny BOCK BOCK!!!

[Deleted]

Great. I just went from "wow! Nature is weird!" to "maybe I have a tumor".

THANKS GUYS.

[5hole]

Apr 1, 2013 15:46:12 GMT -5 @mrsmarlowe said:

It was well over a year before I stopped producing milk after weaning.
I would let your doctor know, I told my OB and looked for pituitary tumors producing lactin

I weaned about 7 months ago and, yes, I can still produce. I thought it was normal for awhile.

[partiallysunny]

I haven't nurse my kid in a year and a half and, yep, I can still get milk out.

[Deleted]

I had this for TWO YEARS post breastfeeding. I had a full work-up, ultrasound, MRI, met with a surgeon as a consult. Long-story-short: boobs are weird and when you couple them with a mother's love, it can go on a long time.

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Apr 1, 2013 15:49:59 GMT -5 eddy said:

My nips seal up lickty split after I wean.

I also didn't leak when I nursed. Maybe there is a correlation?

One of my most awesome nursing moments *eyeroll here* was using D&D napkins as nursing pads.  I started leaking and was on the train and it was the only thing in my bag (I'd forgotten the real pads).  So I did an arm-chest scrunch and tried to be inconspicuous about stuffing my bra.

I probably should have just fessed up and made people uncomfortable, lol.

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Apr 1, 2013 15:52:20 GMT -5 @stellasmom said:

Great. I just went from "wow! Nature is weird!" to "maybe I have a tumor".

THANKS GUYS.

Glad I could help

[psychmom]

I just tried and I didn't get anything.

[textbookcase]

We weaned 4 months ago and I still leak occasionally.

[KKD]

I don't know how long it was after I weaned Kate, but I remember it was a considerable amount of time, and I randomly tried to squeeze some out and was surprised to get a couple drops. I'm now 18 months out from weaning and can't get anything, but I'm also pregnant, so that could affect it. I got pregnant only a month after weaning Emily so I never really had a chance to see how long my milk lasted then.

I also had phantom let-down for a long while after weaning. It may have been hormonal but I never took note of it in relation to my period.

[marcyiam]

I stopped nursing in 2011 and I can still squeeze some milk out.  There have even been a couple times that it has leaked on it's own.  Not a ton either way, but definitely still there.

Odd thing about it is that it's mostly from one side - the side that was my weaker producer.  Neither side was ever an over-producer.  I never got engorged when my milk came in, but it managed to last until I weaned him just shy of 2 years, so was apparently enough.  ;-)

Go figure!

[papie]

Yep. I weaned in August.

[daisybuchannan]

I only leak now during let down (the other boob leaks while I'm nursing).

If you had this- how long did it last for? I've probably gone through one million nursing pads in 6 months and am ready to stop buying those fuckers.

[Deleted]

I've never leaked after weaning, Daisy.

[lindsaymg]

I could for at least a year after I weaned.

[sonrisa]

I barely produced milk when I was nursing.

[daisybuchannan]

Apr 1, 2013 21:25:03 GMT -5 @stellasmom said:

I've never leaked after weaning, Daisy.

I mean the leaking from the opposite boob when you are nursing still. 

[papie]

Apr 1, 2013 21:34:29 GMT -5 daisybuchannan said:

Apr 1, 2013 21:25:03 GMT -5 @stellasmom said:

I've never leaked after weaning, Daisy.

I mean the leaking from the opposite boob when you are nursing still. 

I was able to stop wearing nursing pads around 10-11 months I think.

[papie]

Apr 1, 2013 21:34:29 GMT -5 daisybuchannan said:

Apr 1, 2013 21:25:03 GMT -5 @stellasmom said:

I've never leaked after weaning, Daisy.

I mean the leaking from the opposite boob when you are nursing still. 

oh and have you tried the wool ones? They are awesome once you only leak a bit. You don't even need to wash them more than once a week or so because they are naturally antibacterial.

[papie]

Apr 1, 2013 21:43:43 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Apr 1, 2013 21:40:19 GMT -5 papie said:

I was able to stop wearing nursing pads around 10-11 months I think.

holy crap

I think I have breastfeeding PTSD.

Lol!
The best part was to finally sleep with no bra. Aaahhhhhh

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Apr 1, 2013 21:43:43 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Apr 1, 2013 21:40:19 GMT -5 papie said:

I was able to stop wearing nursing pads around 10-11 months I think.

holy crap

I think I have breastfeeding PTSD.

You read my weaning story about the "milk zit", right?