I lactated four years after I stopped nursing: Weird"
by Kristina Sauerwein posted in Mom Stories
My breasts hadn't felt this stimulated in four, almost five, years.
Not sexually. Rather, I felt like I needed to nurse. Like, NOW.
If you've breastfed, you know the feeling: Either you nurse or your breasts will burst.
That's how I felt the other night when my son Ryan screeched in pain. It was his ear. He must have had an unknown infection. His cries sounded primal. After giving Ryan Tylenol, I was helpless in soothing his hurt. I held him while, in between gulping sobs, he screamed: "Mommy, mommy, make it go away" and "I want my mommy" (despite me being right there).
Feeling the need-to-breastfeed freaked me out. Ryan will be 5 years old this spring. I'm 41. I haven't breastfed since he was 5 months old, when I stopped and switched to formula for his reflux issues. I'm not pregnant, haven't been pregnant since Ryan, and have no plans on becoming pregnant again. Yet here were my breasts in lactation mode.
Of course I didn't nurse. (I know you were wondering). Technically, lactation may be a stretch because I secreted no milk (though I swear I could have if I wanted to). Eventually Ryan's crying stopped -- and I had that let-down feeling.
But...yuck.
I creeped myself out. Not that I could help it. Maybe it was all psychosomatic.
Even so...yuck.
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