Lactation and Breastfeeding

oxytocin and prolactin

No, an 8 year old cant depend only on brest milk. He need more calories because they are active throughout and for that they need some other food options.

Yes, there are reports that say that HIV positive mothers who are breastfeeding will reduce the risk of the baby contracting HIV.

you dont, calm down you will get boobs around age 12. then you'll get a boyfriend around age 15 and he'll rub em and squeeze em, and lick them and suck them, soon enough you take off your shirt and before you know it your having sex

Oh that's a fun one...alot of things are said to help, things like spicy foods, walking, castor oil and things like that, but the most likely thing to work is what Doctors recomend and that's sex.

It is called Colostrum, very nutrient rich for the baby. Let the babynurse and your milk will come in really well!

WOW! There are hundreds of nutrients in breast milk that cannot be exactly duplicated in formulas. Obviously, if you are unable to produce breast milk for your child, formula can be an acceptable substitute. However, your child will still be missing many nutrients, enzymes, etc. that don't make it into a man made substitute - many hospitals even have a breast milk bank where they store breast milk for sick and premature babies from verified safe sources because of these differences! This is why pediatricians and physicians tell you that breastfeeding is BEST for your child (and for the mother). All formulas are a substitute made from animal or vegetable bases, with man-made vitamins and enzymes - think of how many things lately we have discovered are not as safe as we had been led to believe for years. Now imagine putting all that into your child when your body will usually provide the perfect nutrients - for free - no additives, no preservatives, and NO heating required! Whether you believe we evolved or were created, this is what the mother's body is designed to do - provide the perfect nutrition for her offspring in order to ensure survival of the species!

Not long; the body will stop producing milk (lactating) if the breasts are not being used to nurse or pump milk.

• It's possible. Hormonal changes from pregnancy can do strange things... I hadn't even started to show when my milk (actually, the clear to white pre-milk substance, colostrum) came in for the first time - during sex. However, taking a pregnancy test is the only real way to know for sure.
• When I was almost 17, I had the same (lactating). I had never been pregnant. I never had regular periods so I was on on b/c to regulate them. Anyway, the symptoms I was having (Lactating) was not normal so my gyno ordered me to get an MRI of the head. They discovered a large benign tumor on my "pituitary gland"(behind your eyes at the base of your brain).Which is referred to as "master gland" it controls all other glands (thyroid, etc.)and all hormones including Prolactin which produces the milk discharge.

  Now I'm 22 and 15 weeks' pregnant with my first babe. I've never had the discharge since they treated the tumor. Don't worry (I could be wrong!) but ask your OB/Gyn about it; he or she can check your blood for the levels or get you a painless MRI (similar to Cat scan). Squeezing your breast causes it to keep producing more, so try not to.

• My friend had the leaking thing too... and she has it every morning. I too have it: when I press my nipples, out comes the white stuff. And we are both pregnant.
• I also have the tumor on my pituitary gland. This causes your body to think it is preggers, so it starts to produce milk in your breasts. I had it since I was in high school, but I didn't know it was abnormal for my breasts to do that if I squeezed them. I finally asked about it when I was about 21, and they did an MRI to show that I had a tumor. All I do is take meds for it, and the meds have actually lowered my levels and have shrunk the tumor. They said in a year I may stop taking it all together and the tumor may be gone. But I would get it checked out. That would be best.
• That's definitely not breast milk. Breast milk doesn't even come out of the nipples during the last stages of pregnancy... until a couple days after you have a baby. You are probably lactating due to an overload of estrogen in the body.
  • That is not true; women do leak in the latter stages of pregnancy. But it is in fact called colostrum which is a very protein-filled and nutrient rich form of milk. The body continues to leak it until a few days after the baby is born, and in fact when you are breastfeeding your estrogen levels are lower so leaking milk is not necessarily a sign of high estrogen levels! Like the other answers have mentioned prolactin (the hormone that causes you to produce milk) is regulated by the pituitary gland, and the removal of milk by the baby. If you are leaking milk and are not pregnant then you should definitely have it checked out by a doctor because it could indicate a pituitary problem.
• I was leaking with my first girl at 6 months pregnant. about 5 months with my second girl.

You should go to your doctor and ask for a blood test to see if you are pregnant or not. Maybe you are pregnant and your hcg is low that's why the hpt tells you negative results.

If your breast are full and will not release the milk, or "let down", it generally means you are engorged. A technique for alleviating the buildup of pressure from engorged breasts it to alternate between hot and cold compresses. Many women also find a hot shower with gentle manipulation can help to start the flow of milk. The key to preventing engorgement is not allowing too much time to pass in between feedings or pumping.

One can breast feed after a previous history of breast augmentation (breast implant.) However, there has been studies showing that lactation insufficiency (difficulty breast feeding) may result after the placement of a breast implant. This is dependent on the type of incision your plastic surgeon uses.

Although the chnces of conceiving while breastfeeding are slim it is still possible. Breastfeeding will only act as a contraceptive if you are exclusively feeding an infant under 6 months old at least every 6 hours and not having periods.

I would suggest if you want to get pregnant and the child you are breastfeeding is still under 6 months and only having breastmilk then express a few bottles in the morning and use these throughout the day instead. Periods should return to normal and you will be able to conceive again. If this is not an option then wait until the child is also eating solid food and feeding less.

No.

No. It has no destructive properties and no negative effects.

Another Answer:

"If you smoke marijuana and breastfeed, the active chemical in marijuana is passed to your baby through your milk. For this reason, most experts, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, advise nursing moms to abstain from marijuana while breastfeeding."

There are also concerns that a mother's judgement and ability to take care of her baby may also be affected.

I believe in some women it does, and others might get their period!

I am a nursing mom of a seven month old, and I haven't had my period since December 2009! when i found out i was pregnant!

AND I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING IT BACK hehe!

but i guess you never know .. each women is different!

Hope that was helpful! :)

I assume you mean by building muscle to be manly, not take estrogen and be feminine? Do push ups with hands as wide apart as possible, if access to universal weight machine there are several that nail the pectorals! by the way its increase!

Yes, an adult can drink breast milk. But remember that HIV can be passed through breast milk, so drinking a stranger milk can be risky. (Women who donate to milk banks have blood tests first, to check for diseases that pass through breast milk.) Some medications also pass through to the milk. Milks taste depends mostly on what your partner has eaten overnight. The taste can be changed accordingly by eating things like strawberries, grapes, apple, pineapple etc. The flavour of breast milk depends on what you eat. I remember when i first latched on to my girlfriend's breast it tasted like chicken. I asked her if she had eaten chicken the day before. And amazingly she said yes. Next time i latched on she had some mixed fruit drink before coming. Trust me i had emptied her breasts completely. It tasted so sweet. I have stopped drinking any cows milk. I ask my girlfriend to have good diet so that i can enjoy breast milk everyday. She is comfortable about it. Trust me ever since drinking her milk i am totally disease free. It helps bring closeness between partners. The National Society of Nursing Couples has close to 10,000 members. You can find out more by searching for ANR, adult nursing relationship

HELL NO.. if u r told after 4 weeks u have multiple babies u had multiples the whole time. Thing is u cant determine multiples till about 9 weeks.

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No, you can't get pregnant again during current pregnancy.

Your body stops ovulating during that time.

Breast Actives claims to increase breast size, but independent evidence is hard to find.

Breastmilk leaks for a number of reasons. 1. The breast is too full to store anymore. 2. as an automatic response which triggers the letdown reflex, which can either be the sound of a baby crying, or actually seeing a baby. This is natures way of basically saying that the breast either needs emptying, or that you have a underlying want to breastfeed a baby,.. in some cases any baby really as the entire practice of breastfeeding back in primal times usually had more then 1 mother involved, by this i mean that multiple women would breastfeed each others children. As time goes on your breasts will begin to dry up and leakage will begin to stop. This amount of time differs among women.

Yes and no. generally when a large breasted woman is coming into her milk, she may have more milk then a woman with small breasts, who is also coming into her milk. This generally settles down when feeding schedules have been more established and the milk production has settled into the supply and demand routine. There will only be as much milk as is needed in the breasts due to the entire concept of supply and demand, So if a heavy demand is placed on the breasts, then bigger breasts may have more milk in them then small breasts, but this is overly dependent, as i said, on the demand. A woman with twins, for instance, will produce more milk then a woman with only one baby, and this is between women with the same sized breasts. The more milk taken from the breast during a feeding, the faster it will be produced to replenish it. So the real answer is, Yes, but commonly, No. No. Not at all. I have fairly small breasts and have always produced an over-abundance of milk. I know plenty of large-breasted women who struggle with milk production.