Reasons for small amount of breast milk 4 years after giving birth to last dc?!

[dividedself]

Noticed some milk 'escapage' today from both nipples and squeezed one side and produced a small drop of breast milk.

What might the possible explanations be?

bump,I want to know the answer to this too

Are you on any type of medication?

I have finished with my Depo contraceptive injection 2 months ago...

hmm hormonal changes from coming off it? Just a guess, not sure interested in the answer to this one...

i stopped bf'ing dd for about 4 months, maybe longer ( a bit vague, sorry). Not same thing I know but..

It sounds as if your prolactin levels may be a bit high. I'm no expert but having done A-level biology last year...!

I would go to the GP tbh. I would think there's very likely to be a link with the injection but worth getting referred to an endocrinologist - you may have a wait for an appointment anyway, so I would get things rolling.

Thanks, that's interesting. I wonder what other symptoms there might be if it is that. I'mnot aware of any other stuff except I had a touch of PMT over the weekend.

All I know that some medication can cause a small amount of breast milk. I was rather poorly after DD3 with PND, was on ADs for a good couple of years. I had terrible let downs of milk that would leave a wet patch on my T shirt. It was awful. Very embarrassing. When I stopped taking the tablets within a few weeks the milk stopped.

What annoyed and upset me more than anything was my milk dried up naturally, not me wanting to stop!

I was on ADs several months ago but not now

Hmmmmmm not sure then! I have to admit I did hate my body when it was not giving DD sufficient amount of milk, to then dry up and only let down when it felt like it!

I was given tablets (cant remember what they were called thou) to try and stop the let downs, but they never really worked.

you know i was first pregnant in 1993 and had bm right up until 2001!!!!! dunno why it stayed i sure as heck dont know why it stopped i had susequent pregnancies in 95 and 2000 but didnt bf those babies (slattern that i am) hv did rather cheeily suggest dh was eeping supply going??? i had no medications or anything except for contraceptive pill which clearly wasnt that effective resulting in ds3 in 2000

Funny you should say that WGT, was just going to suggest that!

there have ben a few threads like this over the years - the general view is see your gp who can do blood tests to check levels of this and that.

I too am a sufferer - have been to gp who said everythings fine?