2006-11-19 04:01:37 · 7 answers · asked by yolanda j 1 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Lactation without pregnancy
Although it is not widely known in developed countries, women who have never been pregnant are sometimes able to stimulate lactation sufficient to breastfeed. This is called "induced lactation", while a woman who has lactated before and re-starts is said to "relactate". If the nipples are stimulated as in breastfeeding for a while (such as by a breast pump or actual suckling), eventually the breasts will begin to produce milk which can be used to feed a baby. Once established, lactation adjusts to demand. For this reason, adoptive mothers, usually initially in conjunction with some form of supplementation, such as a supplemental nursing system, are able to breastfeed their infants and young children [28]. There is thought to be little or no difference in milk composition whether lactation is induced or a result of pregnancy. Rare accounts of male lactation (as distinct from galactorrhea) exist in the medical literature.
Some couples may choose to induce lactation as a sexual practice.
Additionally, some drugs, primarily atypical antipsychotics such as Risperdal, may cause lactation in both women and men.
2006-11-19 04:10:41 · answer #1 · answered by diane_b_33594 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Breast feeding prevents ovulation in most cases. The corrilation between night time nursings and the onset of ovulation after pregnancy are directly related. The longer your baby nurses at night, the less likely you are to ovulate. This does not happen in all women and some women begin to ovulate without having periods while they are nursing. It isn't a wives tale and it certainly isn't pregnancy hormones. Pregnancy hormones build in your system until 20 weeks and begin to tapper off from that point onward.
2016-05-22 03:31:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure how but I know that it can be done. I saw a story about a couple that had late miscarrages and a nurse decided to carry a baby for them and when the baby was born the biological mother was able to breast feed the baby.
2006-11-19 04:05:27 · answer #3 · answered by Dreamcatcher 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Breast pump. Didn't you see The Hand that Rocks the Cradle.
2006-11-19 04:05:34 · answer #4 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, she can be given hormones to get it started..
2006-11-19 04:04:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. Maybe you could invent a way! :)
2006-11-19 04:03:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think so. y would u want to do that?
2006-11-19 04:03:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋