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Knitsy

PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:11 pm


Let's see. Where to begin?

Well, I'm not 100% sure this is the best place for my question, but hopefully I can get some advice here!

My son will be one next month, and I stopped breastfeeding when he was about 10 months. My boobs dried up pretty quick without much leaking at all.

Recently I started leaking again, like I was pregnant. It looks just like the colostrum stuff. It caused me to start thinking I was pregnant again, but after taking two tests and having both come up negative, I'm pretty sure I'm not.

Oh, perhaps I should add that I recently got back on a normal birth control pill, though I don't think this has anything to do with it.

Can anyone provide some insight here? I have no clue what's going on!
PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:04 pm


You can lactate and leak for a year after quitting breastfeeding. More then likely, that is the culprit.


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Knitsy

PostPosted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:39 pm


It doesn't look at all like breatstmilk, though. I sure hope that's the reason.
PostPosted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:57 pm


When I leaked after stopping nursing Ethan, it was always that very watery sticky fluid like when pregnant and first nursing. If I stimulated it and tried, it would then become thicker and milky white.


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Knitsy

PostPosted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:19 am


Okay, glad I'm not alone here! That's exactly what it's like. It seems to be stopping, though.
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