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 i had my son nearly 9yrs ago i breast fed him for a day but since then i have white spots on my nipples which have a white soft puss when squeezed they also produce very small amounts of lactose milky fluid but also clear fluid can anybody help ?
I am nearly 14 and my body is trying to develop, but my breasts are really sore and they are always itchy adn dry.
I am always scratching and puting E45 on them, but that does not work they then crack a bit and are very sore and hurt. I feel i am to small and i have very large nipples does this mean i will ahve large breasts when i am older? Please help me on what to do, i need advice desperatly.
Many thanks.
My 2nd child is 8 years old and I breastfed her for only about 4 or 5 months and I still produce milk (lactate), more on the right side than the left, I sometimes think I could express more now than when I was breast feeding.
hi i have had 3 children and breast fed my 1st and 2nd child but not my 3rd afew months after he was born i started to notice little white spots on my nipples that i have to squeese to clear them but they just keep filling back up. i also still leak milk out if my breast but it is only a little i also get pain in my breast most times when i am lyin down can anyone help me as this is really starting to worry me now as my youngest son is nearly 4
I am only 15 and my breasts have leaked for 1year and a half now and its cloudy but not much i get really sore in the area and wondered what i could do about it could anyone give me some advise?
hi, i'm 20 years old and i dont have any children, my right breast leaked, it was only like a tear drop and was like a creamy colour, not sure what it is? i'm always quite sensitive round that area, my nipples look quite cracked and veiny! should i get it checked out? what is this?
try sage tea – that'll shift it! gave up bf my youngest ad still it dribbled on for a couple of years, so made a tea out of a teaspoonful of common sage and a pint of water and drank this over the course of a day. Did this daily for 5 days and my boobs are now MINE and my clothes are DRY! HURRAH!
check it out on neals yard, susunweed herbalist websites.
I stopped breastfeeding just over 2 years ago,I noticed last year I had a bit of lactation and thought nothing of it and it stopped after a few weeks. Then 3 months ago I noticed I was lactating again, my gp sent me for some test to check my prolactin levels, thyroid, and a pregnancy test was done which was negative and the other results came back normal, so he referred me to the endocrinology clinic, I was diagnosed with having Idiopathic normoprolactinaemic galactorrhoea, no medication was perscribed. Im still confused
when i give birth i have an excessive milk supply my breasts constantly leak all the time i could leak 3 ounces from each breast every half hour it takes three months for my supply to settle i have tried everything from breast shells to the pill but nothing helps i cannot go anywhere incase i leak through no one i know has this problem in the end someone advised me to use cut up nappies which helped with the leaking!
i have problem with my left breast discharge colour like apple juice,i breast fed my 2 boy the 1st one 1 and half year and the second one 2years.
Please advice i regulaly check my breast
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