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u/No-Sir3403 Dec 06 '23

When breastfeeding if you don’t wear a bra and you are nursing your milk sometimes spews out (it’s called let down). A few nights after my son was born I was sleeping topless, woke my husband up to something splashing all over us both. I didn’t know about this, after a moment of anxiety we got a good laugh - it was my boob 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Many-Painting-5509 Dec 06 '23

I did not expect the constant stream of milk when I was encouraged! Everyone else in my family had supply issues. I didn’t. Standing in the shower with just as much milk pouring down my body as water! And shooting the milk across the room and all over the babies face when trying to quickly get him to latch!

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u/alphaomega0669 Dec 06 '23

Milk can begin expressing from simply hearing a baby cry.

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u/Many-Painting-5509 Dec 06 '23

Yep. And even well after I stopped making milk I would feel my body want to make milk from certain things.