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Q: 18 Weeks And Leaking Colostrum Already?
asked by: cln1812 on July 16th, 2007
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I'm 18 weeks and pregnant with my first. I have noticed my breasts are leaking if I squeeze the nipples. I didn't think it would happen this soon? It's nothing that is a problem for me yet, but I noticed if I squeeze my nipples, they leak a few drops of a clearish, yellow fluid. Is this colostrum already?
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Magical Logic
replied on July 16th, 2007
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yes i am pretty sure its normal.



But why are you squeezing your nipples?
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Jolie_3110
replied on July 16th, 2007
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Yeah its normal, I started at 19 weeks with my first son. The midwife told me it will probably mean you will have a good amount of milk when it comes to breastfeeding.
I was always told not to squeeze or pull my nipples about to much tho!
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Dannzibelle
replied on July 16th, 2007
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I started leaking colostrum quite early during pregnancy, it's perfectly normal some people atart leaking early and some don't notice anything until they start to feed their baby
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kaerbear
replied on July 16th, 2007
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can you bring on early labour with too much nipple stimulation? i know they tell women to do that around their due date to help things along, but i can't remember if it's a bad thing when you are earlier on in your pregnancy. seems to me i read something about that. it would be good to know if you are squeezing them just in case that's not a good thing to be doing.
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pixma
replied on July 16th, 2007
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i'm 17 weeks today and my nipples are still too tender to be giving them a good old squeeze!!! Smile
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Hollyberries
replied on July 16th, 2007
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pixma wrote:
i'm 17 weeks today and my nipples are still too tender to be giving them a good old squeeze!!! Smile


haha! me too!
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musikmaker
replied on July 16th, 2007
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kaerbear wrote:
can you bring on early labour with too much nipple stimulation? i know they tell women to do that around their due date to help things along, but i can't remember if it's a bad thing when you are earlier on in your pregnancy. seems to me i read something about that. it would be good to know if you are squeezing them just in case that's not a good thing to be doing.


It takes several hours to actually start labor with nipple stimulation. In fact, my sister's midwife said to use a pump because it's difficult to do that. Maybe if you are high risk it could be bad.
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tululabell
replied on July 17th, 2007
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i have leaked on and off since about 20 weeks. all the sudden for a few days i will leak then it will stop for a couple weeks. when i was in the hospital for contractions from a UTI they said NO nipple stimulation or sex until i got to my Dr a few days later so they could verify everything was ok. it must do something!
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tass_boyd
replied on July 1st, 2009
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Im 18weeks and 3 days now and its the 3rd time my nipples leaked already. It was around 16 weeks it first happened but only a little drip and again with the second time. But this time it kept coming out for a bit, then more about half hour later so I just put a comfortable bra on and some tissue over my nipple. Apparently its nothing to worry about unless it looks an unusual colour or has blood in it. But always best to ask your midwife or doctor as Ive been told!
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georgie23
replied on August 20th, 2009
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mee to i just cant stop sqezing them though lol
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