Why was my breastmilk salty??

[QueenofVenus]

I was happily still bfeeding my dd at 15 months and would have happily carried on but she suddenly started to strongly reject me when it came to her feed, and after a couple of days i figured maybe she had just had enough and was weaning herself off, but she frequently asked for a feed and latched on only to spit it out and pull faces, so (sorry to be gross) i expressed a little and tasted it, and it was really really salty/bitter!! i hadnt changed ANYTHING in my diet or had any medication, i went over and over it and i couldnt figure out what it was its been a few months now and she is well and truly forgotten all about breastfeeding, but its a mystery never solved, anyone have a clue what may have made milk milk go so yukky???

Could you have had an infection, mastitis, something like that? THough I'm sure you'd have noticed...

Queen, this is a known issue with mastitis, and also with breastmilk that's 'pre-menstrual'....did you begin a period shortly after this?

I am not sure of the physiology of it, exactly why it should be like this, but I expect someone has done a study somewhere.

thanku for the info, i didnt have mastitis or an infection as far as i know, i do still have a very small supply and its still the same now and its benn about 8 months! im so puzzled, i guess i'll have to start investigating online, like you say tiktok, someone must know something about it.

Did you have a period, though, Queen?

A dwindling or hardly-there breastmilk supply can also be salty - it's much less watery so the little sodium in breastmilk becomes concentrated.