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Lactating during pregnancy Posted: 04-15-08 18:20pm
umm this is going to deff. be a TMI
questin but should I be lactating already?
im only JUST 4 months along. I noticed it
when I was taking a shower last night...
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Amethyst_Butterfly
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Posted: 04-15-08 18:25pm
I don't know for a fact, but I had a
friend tell me when i found out I was
preg, that to watch out because you can
lactate as early as 4 months. Not really
sure.
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care_free
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Posted: 04-15-08 18:31pm
It's perfectly normal. I started
leaking/lactating at 14 weeks. I've heard
some women can start as early as 12 weeks
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Ingi
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Posted: 04-15-08 18:54pm
You are not lactating. Lactating means
your breasts are making milk. Your breasts
are not making milk, they are leaking
colostrum. This is perfectly normal. Get
some breast pads in the baby section of
the store if it starts to leak through
your clothes.
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preggie meggie
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Posted: 04-19-08 14:04pm
Ingi
wrote:
You are not lactating.
Lactating means your breasts are making
milk. Your breasts are not making milk,
they are leaking colostrum. This is
perfectly normal. Get some breast pads in
the baby section of the store if it starts
to leak through your
clothes.
Thank you, one more question what is
colostrum?
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mominashoe
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Posted: 04-19-08 14:09pm
It's what you make before the baby is born
and a few days after birth. It is a
special fluid that helps cleanse the baby
of the meconium in his system. Your milk
will come in about three days on average
after you deliver the baby. Having it now
is a little early, but normal...everyone
is different. If you have more than a
nursing pad will hold, you can try lily
pads or get a pantyliner and cut it in two
for a more leak proof result.
