I know that pregnancy activates hormones that make the breasts lactate, but when does it stop? I’ve heard weird stories of children being beast fed up until they were 16 so like how do you stop producing milk? Does your body automatically stop making milk after a day or so of no breastfeeding?
Like I know getting pregnant does alter the breasts and make them big but eventually they will come back to normal right?
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When one gives birth, there’s a surge of hormones that signal to the breasts to start making milk. After that initiation, the act of breastfeeding signals to the breasts to continue making milk. “Oh, we’re empty, better make more!” Conversely, when the breasts are full, it signals to them not to make so much. So when one is trying to stop breastfeeding, it’s usually done gradually so as not to have to deal with the discomfort of overfull breasts by nursing or pumping less frequently over time until they stop.
There are always exceptions, of course: some have issues producing for various reasons and so never make much to begin with, making weaning go faster. Others might stop but then find themselves lactating a little even months after stopping.
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