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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Your body goes through a lot of changes during pregnancy and afterwards. Some people’s body goes back similar to what it was before others change permanently. It’s not the same for everyone.
As for breastfeeding, it’s all about demand. If you keep breastfeeding regularly you will continue to produce. When you stop, it’s painful for a few days until they get the message not to produce any more. It depends on the individual if size changes. Some keep a bigger size some actually get smaller post breastfeeding.
Source: I breastfed my son for a year.
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