Can anyone give an explanation for what would cause a woman to lactate without pregancy, and none prior?
370521
it's a hormonal change that happens, doesn't have to have anything to do with pregnancy.\nit can be treated with medications, nothing to worry about\njust consult your gyno.
644640
I've heard of that before..Women drinking castor oil..I looked it up on WebMD and it said something about an enlarged pelvis...Anyway here is the site...Good luck with the new grandbaby!!! Yay!
1129788
Breast secretion or your pituitary hormones should be tested to see what is going on.  Have you ever been pregnant or breastfed a baby before?  THAT is a KEY question, even if on an IUD right now. If so, some women can retain-continue to produce milk in breasts for a long time after weaning, but one year after weaning is average-OK, esp if you have lots of nipple stimulation with sex and or have lots of orgasms.  Longer than a year could be considered abnormal, and hormone tests would then be given by a doctor to see if there is a pituitary imbalance of some kind. Oxytocin hormone from posterior pituitary is the hormone of nursing-letdown and orgasm and will keep the milk letdown continuing even after weaning.  \n\nWomen who have breastfed before and ARE nursing do have spurts of OXYTOCIN and release of milk easier than other women and can letdown (leak milk) when thinking about or hearing or seeing babies, esp their own!!!!\n\nHOWEVER......Women who have never been pregnant or nursed a baby CAN make milk and can nurse an adopted baby, but it is REAL hard, definitely is a HORMONAL WONDER and takes a long time and MUCH dedication to get the breasts to develop this way, but it can be done, esp with the use of a LACTAID device the woman wears while she feeds formula to a baby.  Maybe you would make a great "wet nurse!" Find a lactation consultant in your area to help you?  Call local hospital L&D dept and ask for the list of lactation consultants available.\n\nLots of places are looking for disease free breast milk for babies who need it. If any of this sounds of interest, contact me.  I am also a lactation consultant, nursed my kids total of 5+ years and still had milk in my breasts 7 years after weaning without any pituitary abnormality. Odd, yes!\n\nBreast discharge is also a warning sign of breast cancer.  If not that, there are some women who have serious psychosomatic causes of breast leakage that have NOT been linked to hormonal abnormalities or pituitary tumors.  Quite a complex topic, but needs testing.  Best wishes!
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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.
791372
maybe ask your doctor, but it happens because during and after pregnancy your hormones are all out of whack and trying to get back to normal..
1137746
it probably is a heat rash..i have had that...women with large breasts often experience this...she could either try baby powder and/deoderant
64203
If you are breastfeeding, you may not be ovulating.  It's natures' way of giving the child you have the milk it needs.  Then there's lack of sleep, stress, irregular eating habits, weightgain/loss etc.  It is time for you to have a yearly exam, why not ask then?
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this is not true hun only a change in the womans body can do this\nif you under stress and things like that or there could be a medical problem so go the doctors and get it checked out
929675
You may have a problem with your pituitary gland. . .Do see a doctor. and good luck.\n\nLet me clarify. . .The hormone (Prolactin) that causes lactation comes from the pituitary.  It is triggered during the end of a pregnancy and sustained by breast feeding.   If you are not pregnant, then it is not normal. . . See a doctor!
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u have false information.during pregancy in the 5th month milk ducts are formed in the breast  and milk comes out only after the  childbirth not before tht the milk ducts  get converted into the liquid form.How  does this happen i dnt know but ITS ALL THE CREATION OF GOD
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There are multiple causes for primary amenorrhea once pregnancy, lactation and missed abortion are ruled out. These include:\n• anorexia nervosa/bulimia/malnutrition\n• extreme obesity\n• hyperthyroidism/hypoglycemia\n• congenital heart disease\n• cystic fibrosis/Crohn’s disease\n• genetic abnormalities\n• obstructions: imperforate hymen/vaginal or cervical absence\n• ovarian, pituitary (craniopharyngioma) or adrenal tumors\n• polycystic ovarian disease\n• testicular feminization It is rare for primary amenorrhea to be caused by tumors but it can be a cause and should always be a consideration if other factors are ruled out.
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if you are not having sex and you can totally rule that out...(pregnancy)\nit could be stress or change in diet ,  excessive working out\nor it actually be something going on with your hormones
947079
It is difficult to diagnose your symptoms without getting a proper check-up with your doc.  I would be just guessing.\nEvery woman's anantomy & genetics is different.
958466
50 is typically too old to have a baby,and she had her tubes tied. I doubt that she is pregnant. She may be going through menopause, a lot of the symptoms are similar. Also she may be imagining that she is pregnant. I would go to the doctor with her, to make sure everything is ok physically and mentally.Good luck :)
213229
Yes as long as there was no damage to the mammary glands your breasts will still lactate.
235405
This is not unusual especially if you are nursing.  The other possibility is another pregnancy though.  Talk to your OB about it.
1075393
sounds like menopause, that happened to my mum. but either way its what your body is needing - we often crave what we lack!