From what point does the breast milk starts to get produced and when does it stops?\n\nI want to know does it starts when the female becomes pregnant; if so then when does it stops?\n\nOr the breast milk is always there and produced in a woman?\n\nOr any other information? Please let me know
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So short and sweet start after 20 weeks of pregnancy and ends when she stops feeding
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I think you read about the theory that if you stop your periods by either pregnancy or pregnancy and breastfeeding, your chances for certain cancers are reduced (breast, ovarian)  the theory is that the less a woman menstruates during her reproductive life, the less chances of these hormonal imbalances.  The "natural" way to stop the menstruation (temporarily) or at least the ovulation is by interrupting it with pregnancy or breastfeeding.\n\n      But different women have different family histories and health issues.  For some women, yes, the pregnancy and birth will be too traumatizing  and they should not go through it too many times.  For "average" women a pregnancy is normal and healthy, and does not require a lot of interventions.  Not all women are like this, and some are better off to have fewer pregnancies.  Only a doctor can really tell.  \n    There are many drawbacks to having "too many" pregnancies (too many being different for each woman)  one is  the stretching of muscles leading to a possible prolapse of the uterus (can be helped or prevented with kegel exercise).
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When the egg and the spermatozoid unit, a zygote if formed.  That zygote begin to develop, neither as male or female.  Or should I say it develops as DEFAULT which is, female.  At 6 weeks of gestation, the zygote becomes an embryo and THEN, and only then, it differenciate to male or female.  \n\nAs you may know, female have XX chromosome and male have XY chromosome.  On that tiny Y chromosome there's a gene, called SRY, that tells the embryo's body to produce testicules.  If the embryo's female, then the second X commands the formation of ovaries.  Then hormones are produced, and penis or uterus appear.\n\nYour nipples are simply made before that 6th week, when the zygote is a "default female" and once they're there, they stay there, even after the testosterone hormone start being produced.
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ummm.....isn't a 3 year old a little old for colostrum?  Colostrum is naturally produced by the mother for the first 72 hours after birth.
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Registered Nurse here; Hun sounds like you have a hormonal imbalance.  I strongly suggest you make appointment with OB/GYN and go in for evaluation.  Also don't faint, but if you have been sexually active you could be pregnant.  For many times when the female breast feeds, her menstrual cycles will stop, however ovulation doesn't and bang your pregnant.  Another reason I strongly encourage you to see the Doc.  At any rate this is not normal, and needs to be addressed, so that you can get the imbalanced resolved, prior to it becoming a big issue.  \nThanks for the opportunity to address such a sensitive question.
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If you wrote this on 11/29 meaning you were due to ovulate on 11/30, you did have sex around the time that you could get pregnant.  But, it seems if I am doing the math right that you are saying you had nipple pain basically the day you had sex or the day after and that is pretty much too soon for there to be the painful nipple symptom of pregnancy (it's not a symptom of conception).  It doesn't happen in a matter of hours or a day.  It could be that your nipples are irritated from foreplay, from a scratchy sweater, from drier weather, etc,.  I hope I am wrong and in a couple of weeks you have the answer you are hoping for.
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*what do you call a four-hundred pound woman with a yeast infection?????            a whopper with cheese\n\n*what did one gay sperm say to the other?  \nhow we gonna find anything with all this shit around here?
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Biologically speaking humans should nurse for about 4.5 years.  It's a damned shame our society is so anal about breasts.  But even in our stupid modern world, all babies should get nothing but breastmilk for the first 6 months of life and should continue nursing through at least a year.\n\nFormula is artificial breastmilk that they still haven't gotten right.  It's a blessing for people who truly need it, but it is just plain substandard.
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Lactation, producing breast milk, is rare in women who aren't pregnant or nursing a baby — and especially in women who have never been pregnant. A whitish discharge from the nipple may not actually be milk. A common cause of abnormal nipple discharge is fibrocystic disease which isn't serious.\n\nCauses of abnormal lactation include:\nA noncancerous (benign) tumor of the pituitary gland \nUnderactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) \nA side effect of some medications \nRarely, malignant tumors of the pituitary gland or hypothalamus \n\nHowever, since this is not normal, any nipple discharge should be evaluated by a doctor.  Please tell your friend that she MUST go to the doctor to be on the safe side.  It will also put her mind at ease.
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What?  Okay for the sake that this may be a real question.  A virgin, or any woman who hasn't been pregnant, cannot produce breast milk unless she has prepared herself to induce lactating by pumping her breast regularly for a few months.  Women have been known to do this so they can breast feed adopted babies.  The milks taste changes depending on hormone levels and whatever she ate that day.  And supply meets demand as far as how much.  Age means nothing.
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How come people show concern about it this much?  Like some other person said, for a big number of the world male population this is normal.  I think this is one of the things that have been recorded on people's mind, I swear.  Why there is not a lot of repulsion toward the female reproductive organ.  As I see it, there are more opportunities for it to be of concern.  A lot more of skin goin this way and the other.  A cavity for breeding of all kind of nasties.  But you know, I am not concerned, because I was not taught in that belief (maybe I should)
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There is no recommended time to stop breast feeding. That decision should be made by you and your baby. \n\nBabies indicate they are ready to start eating solid food by:\n\n* Showing interest when others are eating\n* Making gestures that seem to say 'feed me too'\n* Disappearance of their extrusion tongue reflex. \n\nSee this site for more information:\n\nhttp://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Breastfeeding_deciding_when_to_stop?OpenDocument
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it is great for women to breastfeed their INFANT CHILDREN. The doctors say it's the best thing for a baby, both nutritionally and psychologically.\n\nBut it's possible to have "too much of a good thing" and, frankly, once a kid is old enough to eat baby food, it's time to cut the breast feeding out. \n\nAnd, once the kid is at all conscious of  his mother sexually (and that happens a lot earlier than you might think!) it becomes creepy - and, quite frankly, if the child is male, it's a form of sexual abuse!\n\nA six year old boy, who is fully conscious of what women's breasts are and their meaning in our society, is going to get really screwed up if he's sucking on  his mom's bare breasts several times a day!\n\nThat boy is going to grow up with some seriously warped ideas about women and sex (and will spend years in therapy) as a result.\n\nThat mom is sick for breastfeeding that kid when he's SIX YEARS OLD - she should have stopped when he reached one year or 18 months - two years old at the latest!\n\nHopefully, she doesn't do other inapropriate stuff with her son, like sleeping in the same bed, or touching his private parts on the excuse of "bathing" him or "helping him pee" or "wiping his butt"\n\nYou'd be amazed how much unreported sexual abuse of sons by mothers happens in this society because moms have legitimiate sounding excuses for being innapropriate with their sons - like this sick chick who has her 6 year old sucking her breasts in public!\n\nYou should have called Administration for Childrens Services on that woman! - she has serious issues!\n\nIncidentally, that's why a lot of female kindergarten and first grade teachers do not EVER wear button down blouses to work - you'd be amazed how many kids (especially little boys) will walk right up to the teacher, unbutton her blouse, pull her bra out of the way and start 'nursing' - there are a lot of sick moms out there who don't know when to give the breastfeeding thing a rest!
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Ummm.... NOTHING but BREAST MILK until 5 or 6 months!!! Please for the mental, emotianal, and physical well-being of your child......ONLY NURSING!!!
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there is not a precise time for that, like any other part of your body :)\nspecifically, breast development has to do with your endocrino (sorry f my enlgish) system.\nof course, any "general fat" makes it grow, but please, please, enjoy your breasts and don't worry about them :)
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you are not lactating... wat kind of a stupid answer is that? back to you, i donno about you but  like a week or 2 b4 my period my breast gets tender.. but when ur pregnant this also happens so it could be that,  but if not ,then u have nothing to worry about its maybe just you period.. take a pregnancy test then..
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it sounds like milk to me, which should not form without a pregnancy but it can happen when you have an overload of hormones, you should see a doctor, and you should stop having sex until you do. breast cancer doesnt happen because you have been pregnant or have taken medicine. it happens to anyone at any age , even men, and no one really knows why,