I know this board has covered this before.
But GetBoober, a US-based organisation, whose apparent main objective is supporting mums who are needing support in getting breastfeeding established have recently tweeted this:
twitter.com/getboober/status/1118122981102899201
We loved reading Katelyn Burns article sharing anecdotal stories from three #transwomen and their personal experiences with #inducinglactation!
Katelyn does note that a lot of ways for trans women to induce lactation are still very experimental.
The article from Katelyn highlights three anecodtal stories of males keen to breastfeed their children.
Kaia, 30:
My wife and I have a really nice basis for comparison, because we went from two boobs to four boobs when I transitioned.
Including Brettany who is 56:
My body will never allow me to conceive and bear a child, and I've always wanted to at least be able to nurse one. That was the main motivation for this. The secondary motivation was that I wanted to bring my breasts to full maturity.
And Dr Laura, who is 68:
When I was in my late 50s, I decided that I was going to try this to see if I could do it. I underwent a drug regimen and used a breast pump fairly regularly. And gosh, within about a month, I guess, I was producing milk!
After I got to the point where I understood that I could lactate, I didn’t pursue it further — I didn’t have any need to maintain lactation. It’s a supply and demand sort of thing, so I stopped the medication and the pumping and of course I dried up. It was just super, super neat.
I think it strongly reinforced my sense of womanhood. I had some great inner satisfaction in knowing that I could do what a cisgender woman could. It was very important to me, and I’m proud and happy that I did that.
My only thought on this is - where are the children, the babies, centrered in this narcisstic objective? I'm trying to find a similar analogy to this - transwomen trying a touch of endometriosis, or a touch of ovarian cancer? A bit of mastisis? A sense of womanhood through PND? (Though I'm sure somone will find someone claiming it under the trans-umbrella)
Actually, I had another thought. GetBoober what the fuck are you doing?