When do you start producing milk when pregnant?

Answer 1

Yes. In fact, you don't even have to be pregnant to start lactating. It's possible to artificially induce the lactation process by simply using a breast pump a few times, which is how wet nurses and mothers who have adopted infants are able to produce milk on demand. After that, milk production will adjust according to the frequency of milking.

Answer 2

This will usually start to happen around weeks 12-14. At first it may be a sort of yellow or whiteish color. Sometimes this colostrum will leak on it's own or it can occur during a breast massage or sexual arousal.

Answer 3

Your breasts produce colostrum right away after labor. This is what the baby will drink while breastfeeding for the first couple of days after being born. Colostrum looks thinner than breast milk, and it has more of a yellow tint to it. It is still just the thing the baby needs those first few days. You will eventually see the colostrum looking thicker and whiter. This is your breast milk coming in. It is different for every woman, but it takes somewhere between 2 to 5 days after the baby is born to produce actual milk.

More details:When you are about 6 months, your body may start to prepare to begin milk production. Usually around 7 months, you will notice colostrum either leaking or expressed from the nipples. This is "pre-milk," and for some women, it does not appear until after the birth of your baby. About 3-4 days after birth, you will feel your breasts becoming engorged. This may cause your breasts to enlarge 3-4 times their original size, and can be hard, and very painful. A lactation consultant (available for questions at many hospitals) can help you learn how to relieve this.

Many physicians believe the breasts are not fully mature until a woman has given birth and produced milk. Breast changes are one of the earliest signs of pregnancy - a result of the pregnancy hormone, progesterone. In addition, the areolas (the dark areas of skin that surround the nipples of the breasts) begin to swell followed by the rapid swelling of the breasts themselves. Most pregnant women experience tenderness down the sides of the breasts and tingling or soreness of the nipples because of the growth of the milk duct system and the formation of the many more lobules.

By the fifth or sixth month of pregnancy, the breasts are fully capable of producing milk. As in puberty, estrogen controls the growth of the ducts and progesterone controls the growth of the glandular buds. Many other hormones, such as follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), prolactin, oxytocin, and human placental lactogen (HPL) also play vital roles in milk production.

Other physical changes, such as the prominence of the blood vessels in the breast and the enlargement and darkening of the areola occur. All of these changes are in preparation for breastfeeding the baby after birth.

Answer 4

im not sure but i was told its different for every women... my friend who is pregnant said her doctor told her alot of women notice leaking during the 5-6month

Answer 5

women will begin producing their milk before they have their baby.

that is three months before the arrival of the baby

Answer 6

You are not supposed to start producing milk during pregnancy. You can express little yellowish fluid from the nipples, during pregnancy.

Answer 7

starts around 6-8months