When does lactation stop?

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tuppenceworth · 05/05/2006 22:50

DS is now 2.7 and I stopped breastfeeding two years ago when I went back to work. Is it unusual to still be lactating slightly this long after finishing breastfeeding? It's not much, but it's there, and I still occasionally leak slightly when I'm not wearing a bra. (They're gonna end up like spaniel's ears, I just know it!)

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sixtwosix · 05/05/2006 22:59

??????
is the doctor at all worried?
wear a bra!

i have heard stories of grandmothers lactating in response to distress of grandchild, i think in serious cases like death during childbirth of mother and no milk etc. may be an oldwives tale, maybe tryue?
the human body is a mysterious thing.

Piffle · 05/05/2006 23:00

crikey I still had some around when I met dp and that was 4 yrs after finishing feeding ds!
With dd now 3.5 (stopped feeding 16 mths) I still get the odd trickle

picnikel · 05/05/2006 23:01

It can happen, if it's from both sides and there's no blood it's unlikely to be anything to worry about but it might be worth getting your GP to do a blood test for prolactin levels. HTH.

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tuppenceworth · 05/05/2006 23:01

So it's nothing too freaky then??

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picnikel · 05/05/2006 23:04

Have come across freakier things in my time !

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