BFing question- Is this really possible?!

Sandy09579

My friend had her 2nd baby on Tues.  I went to visit her yesterday and we were talking about how different your body is the 2nd time around.

So I asked if her milk came in yet...and she said "It came in back in Feb" 

I assumed she meant just a little colostrum or something and she said "Nope, fully came in!" 

I thought it was triggered by something in the body when you give birth.  Is it really possible to get milk before the baby is even born?  That seems so strange to me!

msg

My brother's fiance claimed that she was leaking milk before her daughter was born. I thought it was a little strange because I was under the same assumption you are: milk comes in after the baby is born. I guess everyone is different.

Melany928

Not true for me...

mrs.condo

That didn't happen to me, but I didn't bf for long with JT. Though I would think that if you bf'd for a while with your 1st it might be possible.

Mrs.SLL

I was leaking colostrum before I gave birth both times but never actual milk.
Though, apparently it's possible to get yourself to relactate after not BFing for years. . . I never tried though lol

jlcs519

I have a friend who bf'd for 2 yrs and said she still had milk and would leak on occasion.  She believed if they wanted to start again they could.  She just recently had twins, but haven't asked when her milk started coming in again.

gespenst

Usually what is produced before delivery is colostrum.  The hormone levels keep the full milk from coming in.  The drop in progesterone after the placenta is delivered is what triggers milk "coming in."  I would guess what she had was copious colostrum.

Or, she could be one of those weird medical exceptions