Breast Milk Anyone?

Because I have it. That's right. Leaky boobies.

Sadly, there is no baby to show for it.

One fun thing about having a high level of prolactin, is that your body thinks it is breastfeeding. Prolactin is the very hormone that kicks up the whole breast milk production system. So I am all geared up and ready to feed the babies.

Except there are no babies. Not even one baby. Not even a pregancy.

The medical term for this condition is "galactorrhea".

The funny thing is that I thought it was normal. That all girls walk around, able to express milk from the nip. "Well we are women aren't we?" I thought. "The breasts are full of mammary glands aren't they? Why wouldn't they be able to produce milk?"

This is where having an open and honest talk with my girlfriends would have really paid off. I would have learned, eight years ago, that leaky boobs were not really that normal at all.

And that would have saved me a lot of time. Back then, when I had all the time in the world.