Conditions
Over-Lactating Breasts
Over-Lactating breasts isn’t a common condition, usually concerns over not having enough milk are more usual for new mothers. Symptoms of over lactation for mothers can be engorged breasts, plugged ducts and mastitis. For babies it can lead to fussing, gassiness, and hiccupping. A potential cause for this condition may be that the milk ejection reflex is overactive. However, over lactation is a relatively easy condition to solve. You can try to avoid pumping, because once you pump you are sending your body signals to produce more milk. Try to relax during feeding and alternate feeding positions. A laid down position will be helpful as gravity will help reduce the flow of milk. Often, the problem will pass as your body begins to settle into a routine and learns how much milk your baby will need to consume.
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Hi im 18 years old and for about 4 years or more my left breast leaks with a cloudy white substances im to embrassed to go to the doctors and it smells quite bad =[
i breast fead my babies over 20 years ago and have had milk ever since, sometimes white and sometimes clear. This is normal for some women.
I have had leaking breast since i was around 14 years old, i am now 21!I have been to the doctors several times and they just keep saying its nothing and that it will 'dry up'! I have never had any children so i find this completely weird!!!!!After reading other womens comments about having blood tests ect and being given propper treatment..i wounder if i should have a second opinion?
why do my breasts leak a lite green liquid when i squeeze them, my children are 15,12 and i never breast fed im to embaressed to go to the doctors please help
i went to the doctors as my breasts were leaking and they told me it was milk and i was not pregnant. i have never had children and they leak to the slightest touch. it was really white and now the fluid is coming out more but it is now clear. they referred me to hospital and my appointment is next week however i wondered if you could give me some information. i also have really irregular periods filling the toilet with blood clots every 10 minutes. i come on my period for 2 weeks and come off for 1 week and back on for 2 weeks and so on. any help with this too before i go into hospital thanks :)
Thank goodness somebody is in the same situation as me. I stopped breast feeding 11 years ago but, when squeezed, can still produce milk out of my left breast and black liquid out of my right breast, this breast can be quite tender when paid attention during intercourse. I went to see my GP and after some test told me to stop worring as i was normal. I am not to bothered about the milk, but am concerned when with the black liquid and pain during intercourse. Any adivce?
I am 16 , I have never had children but my boobs leak to the slightest of touch !
I have had this problem since May and i feel like I am getting no where :(
They have tested prolactin levels 3 times
first one was extremly high , the second two were a little higher than normal but not much .
So they have ruled out a pituatry tumour.
Now they are reffering me to endocrinology , god knows what they will do .
I am so fedup my boobs have fell almost 3 CUPS SIZES ! ! ! which is very upsetting for a teenage girl .
What did I do to deserve this . Why oh Why :(
I had my prolactin levels checked 6 months ago, as after breastfeeding 4 babies for a total of 4.5 years, I still produced milk for 17 years. I forgot about it and then on doing a breast examination, I gently squeezed a nipple. I was shocked to see pimples of black fluid oozing out. I booked in (eventually) to my GP. The blood test was ok as far as I remember and the X ray was normal. I was told it was my pituatory gland thats responsible and no one seemed overly concerned, I dont know where to go from here or whether to persue it or forget it. I have not had a sexual relationship for 5 years as It's too embarrasing Im wondering if It will ever stop. I dont want to spend the rest of my life alone.
I'm 19 years old, two years ago my breasts started leaking milk, i was so embarrased, i left it 4 a year and told no1. I could cope with it as it only happened during my period.
I finally told my mom and went 2 the doctors, i had a blood test and my prolactin hormone level was extremly high, i was referred to the hospital, i met with my consultant who asked many questions about my periods, health, moods. She diagnosed me with a benign tumour (prolactinoma) on my prituitary gland i was sent 4 a brain and heart scan and was put on hormone tablets (cabergoline) after 6months of treatment the leaking has stopped but i wil b monitored by the hospital 4 upto 5 years.
Its hard bcz my hormones are mixed up but i count myself lucky its a benign tumour (non-cancerous)
Girls don't be embarrassed, GET IT CHECKED OUT..! x x x
My son will be four in November, he was breast fed for about 8months and then I stopped. Over the past couple of weeks my breasts have become enlarged, and tender and feel like they have milk in them, which I can squeeze out. This is confusing me because it hasn't happened before. I took a pregnancy test, which is negative, and I cant imagine why I'm suddenly lactating again after 3clear years. I had a colposcopy about 8weeks ago, could the trauma have kick started some sort of hormone imbalance?!
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