If I pull on my nipples, will I be able to lactate?
2006-11-23 10:56:21 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
Your breasts only start to produce milk, if you are pregnant.
If you're not pregnant, then pull all you want - might get sore tho
2006-11-23 10:59:36 · answer #1 · answered by Ashleigh H 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Usually, only women who have given birth can lactate. However, there are occasional reports of women, and even men who lactate without giving birth. Doctors who discover these cases regularly check for tumors, and other health problems, but usually cannot find any cause, or health problem involved.
If you really want to lactate, pulling on your nipples will not work. You must apply suction. Babies attempting to suck your nipples would probably work best, but unless you've adopted, or if you babysit, you probably won't have any, and most parents might get weirded out by letting their kids suck on the nipples of a woman who has not had children. You can often find devices called "Breast pumps" for sale online, and these are intended for just the purpose you desire. You might also be able to suck on them yourself, or have a partner suck on them, but some partners might get weirded out.
2006-11-25 05:00:50 · answer #2 · answered by ye_river_xiv 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES! You will lactate hard apple cider or eggnog depending on your blood type!
Come on now, obviously you wont lactate, as many others have described already. And if you do somehow lactate without being pregnant or recently so, than I recommend visiting the doctor.
2006-11-27 01:14:41 · answer #3 · answered by Furo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No..
A baby will initiate the hormones necessary to start lactation..
After first baby, lactation can be reinstituted by repeated sucking.
Before first baby, lactation can be started by doctor with hormone
injections...
No amount of sucking / nipple pulling will initiate lactation by a
women who never had a baby..
2006-11-23 19:02:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, you are human and need to have given birth. Meerkats can lactate though and feed other babies. Handy creatures.
2006-11-23 19:01:48 · answer #5 · answered by friendly face 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not usually, unless you're pregnant. You MIGHT release a fluid, but it will not be milk, it will be a clear liquid. But usually you won't even produce that. You'll just have sore nipples.
2006-11-23 19:38:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, you have to of either just had a baby or be on a hormonal supliment to make your body lactate. It doesn't just happen
2006-11-23 19:41:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO,
UNLESS U HAD A BABY
OR IF U PULL AS HARD AS U CAN
ITS STILL NOT GOING TO HAVE LACTATE
BUT IT WILL JUST HURT.....
2006-11-23 19:19:45 · answer #8 · answered by reaful 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO unless you've had a baby
2006-11-23 18:59:16 · answer #9 · answered by Mightymo 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
no, not unless your pregnant
2006-11-23 19:19:25 · answer #10 · answered by shonna S 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋