Have you ever heard of “Induced Lactation” or "Adoptive Breastfeeding"?

DEFINITION OF INDUCED LACTATION AND ADOPTIVE BREASTFEEDING: Breastfeeding an adopted baby through induced lactation is possible, but it takes plenty of planning, introspection, and support. Building a breast milk supply when you haven't given birth involves “tricking” your body with cues that tell it to produce milk. It takes 2-3 weeks to build the milk supply.

HOW IS INDUCED LACTATION ACHIEVED: To begin, gently massage your breasts by hand for a few minutes, then use a hospital-grade (multi-user) double electric breast pump for about 10 minutes more. Do this after waking, before going to sleep, and several times throughout the day for your body to begin reacting to the implied “demand” for breast milk.

Females will do this if they are desiring to lactate.

"Induced Lactation" can be done successfully, and is usually done for one of these four reasons that I know of.

1) Adoption of an infant that the adoption mother wants to breast feed

2) To assist a mother that she knows in breast feeding her baby, which mother may have difficulty in producing enough milk or has other physical deficiency's preventing her from properly breastfeeding her baby.

3) A female may be curious just to see if she can do it and to experience what it is like without, or prior to, pregnancy

4) In very rare cases, it is sometimes done as a fetish, or kink, with an adult partner nursing

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  • Yes heard of It.. I think once in a blue moon I get a rush of lactation when I hear a baby crying from a far

    • ... lol

  • I heard it

    • Would you ever consider trying it?

    • Yeah

    • @laurieluvsit thank you!

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  • An ex-girlfriend who had big breasts managed to do it. I didn't know until she had milk. She'd been sucking on them regularly to get it to happen. It required frequent suckling so was difficult to maintain but with a baby, it would obviously be easier.

    • Breast pumps are the way to go for the most part in between someone doing it instead.

  • I would be fine with having my breasts pumped until I was producing milk. If a relative needed it or a boyfriend just wanted to milk me then yes, I would do that.

  • I only heard about it in a sexual context :))

  • i've heard of this. actually it's supposedly possible for both males and females. if i ever had a child, i'd like to try it.

  • Yess I have heard of this. Usually easier if you've been pregnant before. Pumping in general is extremely difficult and time consuming so I dont envy anyone that is trying to re lactate

  • Nope. Ain't never heard of this

  • I’ve heard of it, but don’t know anyone who’s actually tried it.

  • It sounds pretty interesting. For sure, something I have never heard before. But with reasons for a good cause though

  • I've heard about but don't know anybody who did.

  • Yup i have done it for my brother

  • @BButterfly can I get your hubbies number.. 🤔
    There is something I need to tell him.. 😂🤣😂🤣

    • Something interesting i hope? 🤔 😂

  • I've heard of it. I didn't know how it was done though, some women claim hormone suppliments are needed, others claim stimulation is enough, This would be the first time seeing actual instructions.

  • I really don't know about induced lactation but heard a story of a dog that lactated to feed a car and that dog was not even pregnent or had puppies sololy out of feelings it fed the kitten that was malnourished due to some reasons.
    I had some queries regarding breast feeding
    1. how does it feel when milk discharges from best
    2. Do they overflow if the memory glands are filled.
    3. does it pain a little while discharge.
    4. When does a women stop producing milk?
    If somebody can enlighten me with there experience would be great ful these are inquisitive questions and not any kind of fettish...

  • I heard after getting a baby, when women go to work she take milk for one time for baby while at home...

    But without baby born I don't know about it.

  • I heard men could do it too. 😗

    • It's far less common, but physiologically possible.

  • Even men can induce, wild. Natural selection's way of a backup milk tank.

  • I have done it as for baby sitting.

    • Why did you need to do that?

  • I tried it when I was not pregnant, and it worked

  • Yes I have.

  • No don’t have kids.

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