Breasts

I was the same way. It takes time for the milk to completely disappear. No worries.
If anything, ask your OB/GYN.

I nursed my daughter until she self-weaned at about 2.5 years old. I nursed my son until he self-weaned at about 1 year old.

In both cases it took my at least 1 year for it to disappear.
At this stage, I doubt you will get any let-down or anything.
There is probably not much in the breasts at this point anyway.
The body is adjusting still.

But check with your Doctor if it bothers you.
All the best,
Susan

My friend had a baby years after my son stopped nursing. I went to visit about 5 or so days after the baby was born. I didn't know it at the time (she was keeping this dreadful secret to herself), but her milk hadn't come in and the baby was extrememly hungry. I thought the baby was just crying because she was tired or something. Well, wouldn't you know I had two very full breasts of milk just from hearing the baby cry. A complete let down. This was after two years of not nursing.

I got my milk back at every period for 7 years after I finished nursing my son. I'm nursing fulltime again w/my 10 month old now.

Short answer to your question...you're ok. You can always produce milk. If you were stuck on an island with no food around, you could feed your kids with your milk.

;-)

This happened to me also for almost three years after I stopped nursing. It freaked me out but all my doctors told me it was normal. It has since stopped of course. I think our co-sleeping made my body want to produce milk.

I had an abortion 20 years ago and got a little milk with the pregnancy. The milk never went away. I have since had two children, the second of which is 3 1/2. Milk still comes out with pressure. I sloke with my OB about it, I've had several mammograms, and it appears to just be hormonal and completely normal for me. The doctor's advice - stop pinching the breast and it should eventually go away.

I stopped nursing my daughter when she was exactly 13 months old. She is now 4 1/2 years old and I finally stopped lactating around 6 months ago. I talked to my doctor about this a couple of years ago and he had me take hormone pills to dry it up but I just kept lactating.

Hi S.,
I think it is normal and it happened to me, too. I nursed for 21 months and for probably a year afterward I could squeeze droplets of milk out. Even now, at almost two years later, there is a bit of dried yellow-ish discharge on my nipples, that if I scrub, does come off. I've read that toward the end of nursing, your body starts emiting more antibodies and nutrients (like the colostrum when you first started nursing) as it knows that the baby will stop nursing soon. I think that is the remainder of what I see on my nipples. Anyway, you might mention to your doctor during your next visit, but I don't think you have anything to worry about.

It took a long time for my breasts to dry up, too.

I nursed my second child until he was 18 months. When he was 6 years old, I was still able to express a few drops of milk if I squeezed my nipples. Pretty shocking for me, but I guess this is not uncommon. I do remember that the doctor can give you some drug to dry you up when you are done weaning, but I don't recommend taking any drugs, just let nature take it's course. With every drug, there are unwanted side effects, but if my milk was constantly leaking and a real annoyance, I would probably have considered the drugs.

you need to stop stimulating your breasts and nipples by pressing or using any pressure in order to dry up completely.any kind of breast stimulation causes release of prolactin hormone which is responsable for milk production.wear your sport bra for few days and avoid touching any part of your breast and you will notice it will stop.