Here's an odd website, forwarded to me by Mara. It's titled Milkmen:// Fathers Who Breastfeed. Now, when I first saw this I figured it had to be a joke. It surely can't be possible for men to lactate and produce enough milk to feed an infant. But after reading through the site, and exploring some of the links it provides, I'm beginning to suspect it might not be a joke. One of their links goes to this article about a man from Sri Lanka who breastfed his child after his wife died. I guess men do have all the physical equipment necessary to produce milk. It's just a question of triggering the right hormones so that the equipment starts working.
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http://radar.smh.com.au/archives/2004/06/work_those_man.html
about 2/3 down says male lactation, while statistically possible, is exceptionally rare; and cannot produce enough milk to nurish a child.
Someone's lying, and I'm incline to belive the one that doesn't have men brestfeeding.
By the way, he's 21 years old.
I always thought the male nipple could not secrete fluids of any kind. But then when my boyfriend started having this clear watery substance oozing out of his nipples in small drops, I began wondering. Then it seems the fluid gradually turned buish white over a couple months and increased in volume. Eventually, I dragged him to see a doctor (2 weeks ago) and the doc said it was indeed milk. Of course, he can not even produce near enough milk to feed a child, but he does make about half an ounce a day. It also seems his left nipple secretes more milk than the right. The doctor is ran some tests on him and we're still awaiting the results. I'm quite worried it might be a physical condition.
Anyway, we still wonder how and why this is happening to him. No other guy I know experienced this. I wonder if the fact that he's homosexual might have something to do with it...but I doubt that even.
The tests should be in by Friday so we'll likely know then. I just pray it's nothing serious and that it can be stopped.
<h1>Male lactation</h1>
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
The phenomenon of male lactation in humans has become more common in recent years due to the use of medications that stimulate a human male's mammary glands. Though human males have nipples, it is not so often understood that they also have mammary glands. Ordinarily the mammary tissue is low in volume and cannot be noticed. Under the appropriate hormonal stimulus -- the hormonal stimulus that nature provides to human females when they become pregnant and give birth -- the mammary glands of human males can also produce milk. The volume of milk produced is low relative to that of a lactating female.
Male lactation is most commonly caused by hormonal treatments given to men suffering from prostate cancer. Female hormones are used to retard the production of cancerous prostate tissue, but the same hormones also stimulate the mammary glands. Male-to-female transsexuals may also produce milk due to the hormones they take to reshape their bodies. Extreme stress combined with demanding physical activity and a shortage of food has also been known to cause of male lactation. The phenomenon was first studied in survivors of the liberated Nazi concentration camps after World War II. Some American POWs returning from the Korean and Vietnam Wars also experienced male lactation.
It is also possible for males (and females) to induce lactation through constant massage and simulated 'sucking' of the nipple over a long period of time (months).
The phenomenon of male lactation occurs in some non-human species, and the lactating males may assist in the nursing of their infants. One species of fruit bat is notable for this reason. According to several sources, male lactation and even nursing have occasionally been observed in humans.
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