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Breastfeeding:
leaking milk
The hormone oxytocin that triggers the letdown reflex can
sometimes cause your milk to leak.
- When your baby is nursing, milk may leak from the other
breast. This is called "sympathetic letdown".
- You can catch the leaking milk in a clean cup or bottle and
refrigerate or freeze it for later use.
- If you want to stop the leaking, you can push on your
nipple with the palm of your hand.
- You might want to wear bra pads as long as you're leaking,
especially you are going to be nursing
in public and find the idea of a shirt dripping with milk
embarrassing. If you do, make sure you change them frequently
to keep your nipples nice and dry to prevent nipple
soreness.
- Just hearing a baby cry, picking up a baby, or thinking of
your baby may cause your milk to start dripping (see the page on
letting down for more information on
this). The treatment of this is the same as that for sympathetic
letdown.
- You may leak milk during sex. If you and your mate like this,
then enjoy it! Otherwise, you might want to wear a bra during sex
as long as the leaking continues.
- Some women never leak milk. If you don't, there is nothing to
worry. It does not mean that you don't have enough
milk. Your milk needs to flow when the baby nurses. If it does
not leak at other times, that's great.
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