Last night I squeezed my nipple area and was kind of shocked when a clear liquid came out of it. I tried the same with the other nipple and clear liquid came out of that one as well.
Is this good news? Is it bad news? Or is it not really any news at all and just happens sometimes?
It happens!
Start getting used to that :) And as long as it is clear - You should not be worried. But, just to let You know - playing with Yer bewbs too much wont make them grow faster ;).
hahahaha thanks Emily I'll keep that in mind :D
But You should still mention it during Your next endo/GP visit - that liquid is most probably prolactine. Sometimes this "leakage" is triggered when progesterone is added to HRT regimen, but usually Your body decides to clear out newly created milk ducts.
Quote from: melanie maritz on July 18, 2014, 03:30:15 AM
Last night I squeezed my nipple area and was kind of shocked when a clear liquid came out of it. I tried the same with the other nipple and clear liquid came out of that one as well.
Is this good news? Is it bad news? Or is it not really any news at all and just happens sometimes?
been happening to me since month 2
Quote from: ♡ Emily ♡ on July 18, 2014, 04:03:56 AM
But You should still mention it during Your next endo/GP visit - that liquid is most probably prolactine. Sometimes this "leakage" is triggered when progesterone is added to HRT regimen, but usually Your body decides to clear out newly created milk ducts.
Actually, progesterone inhibits lactation and this is why when progesterone drops just after giving birth, breasts are leaking with milk.
This leakage could be in fact caused by prolactin which tends to be triggered by estrogen, high levels usually but also by Androcur, in which case, I think it would be a good idea to let doctor know ASAP as this could be problematic long-term. Always good to let the doctor know, just in case. Better be safe than sorry later on. ;)
Lactation is triggered by a rise in prolactin. This can occur either through excessive exercising as the body converts the estrogen (as happened to me) or a form if piturity gland inflammation (which needs to be monitored). My liquid is more milky - but I'm not pumping as SRS is in 10 days. What surprised me more is that I have been off all HRT /medication for 10 days.
Oh and some anti nausea pills have a side effect of increasing milk production. I know a natural mother taking some to help with low milk production.
Oh and lactation doesn't need female sized nipples. Apparently I'm just weird.
You're not weird. Lactation tends to be triggered by a drop in female hormones, most notably progesterone and estrogen as it does during childbirth and soon after. So, it could be simply due to the fact that you stopped all hormones. ;)
When Androcur (cyproterone acetate) causes this, it can potentially be quite serious and indicate a prolactinoma, this is why it's always good to notify doctor if something out of the ordinary occurs and NOT wait. Best to catch something early on. I don't want to alarm anyone but it's best to be cautious.
AS ALWAYS, I'm not a doctor so let the doctor know and decide for themselves if everything is fine or not.
The lactation started weeks before stopping HRT - I knew my prolactin was too high but it is monitored for exactly the prolactinoma reason. But I'm in the gym 4 times a week and running at weekends so not too surprised. Nausea has occasionally kicked in since stopping HRT - but I am also guilty of lots of work related stress. Now it Is time to wind down and prepare for SRS and not worry about squeezing fluids from nipples.
OK. Good luck with SRS. ;) Hope all goes well.
Agree a high prolactin level is not good for a long term over all health.
Mine is checked every time my blood work is drawn.
Talk with your GP or Endo about it.
Isabell
Before I ever allowed myself to question my gender identity, I've managed to squeeze a half a drop out of mine. It was always very rare.
Quote from: mind is quiet now on July 18, 2014, 02:27:11 PM
Agree a high prolactin level is not good for a long term over all health.
I don't know how bad it is if it is naturally stimulated by bio-identical estrogen but when it comes to unnaturally increasing with anti-androgens due to dopamine antagonism, as seems to be the case with cypro, I'd be more worried.