Should I have leaked milk yet?!

Re: Should I have leaked milk yet?!

• MrsSarahRenee member

  August 2014

  Nope. Many people don't when they are pregnant, and it doesn't mean anything except that you aren't leaking.

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Alyssa&bby member

  August 2014

  Thanks ladies

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• Emerald27 member

  August 2014 edited August 2014

  Some women never ever leak. I know a mom who is nursing 3 kids (tandem nursing her older two with her new baby), and has never leaked once! So yes, totally normal.
  
  Colostrum is also pretty thick and tough to express. You could *try* to express some, but you might not get much. Some women do leak colostrum or have an easy time expressing. Everyone's boobs are different.

  
  

  
  

  

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• meggiev123 member

  August 2014

  I never leaked when I was pregnant with DD, and my milk came in right on schedule, no leaking this time either. Definitely nothing to worry about! 

  
  

  
  

  

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• dana2die4 member

  August 2014

  I didn't leak with DS, but I am leaking as we speak (type) with this one. lol

  
  

  
   

  
  

  
  

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• cozybluebear member

  August 2014

  I didn't leak until after my son was born and even then it was only a tiny bit once or twice.

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• lrobi13 member

  August 2014

  I haven't leaked through my clothes but if I massage my boobs I do get small amounts squeezed out.

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• HappyCianci member

  August 2014

  Yes, it's completely normal not to leak. I didn't leak at all during my first pregnancy, but during the first few months of breastfeeding, I leaked enough to literally spray through my shirts. Something to look forward to, maybe.
  
  This pregnancy, I leak a little colostrum occasionally. My son weaned just in the last few weeks but I stopped making milk months ago. It seemed to dry up for a while, then the colostrum took over.
  
  Anyway, don't worry a bit. You'll have plenty of milk once baby arrives.
  

  Me: 31  ~  Copilot: 37  ~  Our son: 3/25/11 ~ Our daughter: 10/5/14
  

  
  

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• bitsybubbles7 member

  August 2014

  I can hand express, but I don't randomly leak.  However, after birth, all anyone had to do was run water and I would let down all over the place.  I could have 3 babies crying and not one little drip, turn on a faucet to wash dishes, fully soaked shirt. 
  

  
  

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• pnwlover12 member

  August 2014

  I don't know why, but this made me LOL. Just seems like an odd thing to get panicky about.

  
  
  
  
  
                
  
  
  

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• cmcookaln member

  August 2014

  @Alyssa&bby Thanks for posting this.  I have been wondering the same thing.  I am 32w1d and have not had any leaking which I'm thankful for.  I would hate to be standing in front of my high school students with big wet spots on my chest.

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