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natalie08
Jul 24, 2008, 02:10 PM
Can you lactate but not be pregnant?

tickle
Jul 24, 2008, 02:15 PM
Apparently so, yes.

DoulaLC
Jul 24, 2008, 05:40 PM
Yes... although pregnancy helps with boosting the hormones necessary for milk production. We had a nurse at one of the hospitals I work out of who prepared to breastfeed, in part, her adopted baby.

BigS
Jul 24, 2008, 10:52 PM
Yes you can, if you have a hormonal imbalance; specifically an over production of prolactin. I know this because when my cousin was 15 she was producing milk and had to go to the doctor. I am not sure what they did for her but it stopped.

I would get it checked out by a doctor if I were you, especially if you want to be have a baby some day.