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Question about lactation

Choke · 2010-01-27 00:06:10

Hi ladies. This is a rather odd question, but it's got me wondering, and this seems like the correct forum for it (or rather, someone here will know the answer). I was watching Family Guy the other day, episode where Louis tries to ween Stuey (the baby) off breast milk. Once she had begun this, she described her breast as…

27-01-2010 12:06am

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Choke

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Hi ladies.
This is a rather odd question, but it's got me wondering, and this seems like the correct forum for it (or rather, someone here will know the answer).

I was watching Family Guy the other day, episode where Louis tries to ween Stuey (the baby) off breast milk.
Once she had begun this, she described her breast as 'engorged', and complained that she had gone up several bra sizes since ceasing to breast feed.

This got me wondering, in an odd way.
I knew that a woman's breast grew bigger when she was breast feeding, but what I'm wondering is what would happen if you only milked one breast?
So, only the right one would get milked (I don't know a better word), and not the left.
Would one become larger than the other, would one dry up, or do they share a common reservoir, and it would even out?

I'm sorry for the weird question, buts it being bugging me a little.

EDIT: I swear that this is not a troll, I am genuinely curious.

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#2 27-01-2010 12:15am

Jemmy

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lol never thought about that before, curious myself now!

You might get a better answer in parenting though.

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#3 27-01-2010 12:19am

Choke

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Jemmy wrote: »

lol never thought about that before, curious myself now!

You might get a better answer in parenting though.

:)It's the kind of question that once you think of it, you can't shake it off.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll let the mods decide if this should be moved/locked first.

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#4 27-01-2010 12:27am

Stella777

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when you breastfeed you are supposed to use both breasts at each feeding. If not, the breast you don't use will get engorged and become extremely painful.

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#5 27-01-2010 1:49am

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Yes parenting.

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