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my baby is 6 weeks old and I did not breastfeed. Sometimes my breasts still leak. Is this normal?

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  • Yes. Your milk comes in at around 3-4 days after the birth making you swollen & tender. It will then take your body a few days more to realise that the milk isn't being used & stop the production 

  • my baby is 6 weeks old and I did not breastfeed. Sometimes my breasts still leak. Is this normal?

    Did you know occasionally even men lactate? You're still a jumble of pregnancy and birth hormones. That's going to be a while before it returns to any kind of normality. Silly body, doing what it though, but you're the boss of it. 
    Sometimes medication can be prescribed if it's particularly problematic, as in traumatic situations like still birth. But I guess if you can live with it, just know it will pass. Welcome to having the body of a mummy, no longer a girl.
    You made a miracle.
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