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#5810 06/03/05 02:57 PM
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Hi all,

I had my bio son 10 yrs ago, and then went through early menopause (32). We are now pursueing adoption and I'm starting the menopause protocol. I was wondering; will I see the kinds of visible changes in my breasts that occured during my pregnancy? Such as darkening of my areola & nipples, the blue veins, colostrum leaking, sensitive nipples? If so, when does that start?
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Laura

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Hi Laura,

Everyone is different. You can expect most of the changes. Mothers who induce lactation do not produce colostrom because to do that we need human placental lactogen which is only present during pregnancy. However, we do produce pre-milk which is rich in antibodies and other goodies.

You can expect to see changes within the first 2 weeks. What birth control pill are you using and what dosage of domperidone?

Warmest regards,


Lenore Goldfarb, Ph.D.,CCC,IBCLC
Wife to Rob, Mom to Adam aged 13, and Ethan aged 9, both born via GS and breastfed via Regular Newman-Goldfarb Protocol.
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Thanks for the info.

I'm using Yasmin, but haven't received my dom yet. I've been on the Yasmin about 3 1/2 weeks. So far it seems I'm about half a cup larger. My bras have been pretty loose, but the cups are full now. It also seems I can feel the glands more and my nipples are hard more often, but I haven't really felt tight or sore. I haven't seen any of those changes I mentioned above like I did when preg.

The protocols suggest adding additional progesterone at some point. Should I do that before I receive my dom?

Does the pre-milk look like colostrum, or is it bluish white like breastmilk; and when should I see that?

Thanks SO much for this website and the encouragement
Laura

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Hi Laura,

You are most welcome. You'll need to add the domperidone for the rest of the breast changes to take place. Early milk can be thick and yellow or clear and runny. That takes about a week and then the mature, whiter milk arrives. Note that human milk is thinner than cows milk and separates because it's not homogenized in a factory. That's ok, it will reconsitute once it's moved around a bit like swirling or hanging from the lactaid.

So bottome line is don't add the progesterone, wait for the dom to take effect first. It takes about 3 weeks for the dom to maximize in your system.

Warmest regards,


Lenore Goldfarb, Ph.D.,CCC,IBCLC
Wife to Rob, Mom to Adam aged 13, and Ethan aged 9, both born via GS and breastfed via Regular Newman-Goldfarb Protocol.

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