When does Breast Milk go???

[looby1]

Hi,

I stopped breast feeding my youngest son when he was 10mths old, hes now 2yrs 8mths and i still have what i would call 'fore milk'.

Is this normal? When will it go? Anybody any ideas pleeeeeease?!

Read an account of a woman who had been a wet nurse for years and could still squeeze out a drop or two in her 70s lol!!!

I could get a bit out for a few months after stopping. Are you squeezing,or is it just dripping?
(God,what a qwuestion !)

i tried to bf but she wouldnt take it. she is now 8 weeks and when im in the bath or feeding her it dripps or soaks my top is this normal (sorry to hijak ur thread but was just wandering)

moondog - if i squeeze it still sprays out ( i cant believe im writting this~!!!) and if it does drip its not enough to notice on my clothes

starshaker - this would happen to me to, but i fed for 10mths. With ds 1 who is now 7 he wouldnt take either, and i think by 8 wks my milk had gone completely

Bumping for looby.

I stopped bf-ing ds4 at 9 weeks. He is now 6mths and up til about a month ago, I would leak a couple of drops when dh aroused me.

I could still squeeze a drop out about a year after stopping bf-ing. I think it's perfectly normal.

I think it never really goes, I could always squeeze a bit out years later and when ds3 was born prem it was a godsend, I produced loads more than he needed, he's now nearly 6 months and I've just finished using the frozen EBM from that time.

looby - you have to stop squeezing if you want it to go - supply and demand and all that.

Same for me - could still squeeze a few drops about 4 years after stopping!!!!! I read somewhere that once you have breastfed you can get your milk supply going again even if you adopt a baby. (I guess that's what wet nurses (and cows!) do)
So don't squeeze

Stopped feeding 5 months ago but still occasionally notice I've leaked, if I'm wearing a thin cotton dressing gown for example and nothing else. Guess that means I'm probably leaking a little at other times, but obviously not enough to notice thank goodness. I did use to have to wear breast pads right up until stopping though.

More disconcerting and sorry if this is TMI, but I have pierced nipples (though haven't managed to get bars back in and haven't worn them for 2 years since about 5 months pregnant) and if I squeeze - or, if I'm in "certain" situations (...come on, you know what I mean) I notice milk escaping from the holes as well !

catsmother - I know this isn't quite the same as pierced nipples but my belly button piercing has shrunk too. I can't put the normal bar in but have found that a thin hooped earing fits so I'm looking into getting something that will stretch it back so that my bar fits through it again, I guess you could try this if you wanted to get your bars back in.

catsmother - TMI you are right. Hats off to you - couldn't bear my nipples to be touched a lot of the time let alone pierced

cabbage leaves does the trick. two big leaves on each tit.