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Question:
I would like to know how to induce lactation for sexual pleasure. My husband and I saw this in a movie and it turned both of us on. I am 32 and it has been 11 years since i have been pregnant.

Answer:
by Carolyn Gerdes:
(05/15/2004)
Lactation is an event that normally occurs only after a female has given birth. However, there are also some pathological problems such as pituitary tumors that may induce lactation. During pregnancy an increase in an anterior pituitary hormone known as prolactin helps to prime the milk glands to produce milk. Suckling or other stimulation (breast pump for mothers that collect their breast milk to feed to their infants at another time) of the breast after birth then causes the release of another hormone known as oxytocin from the posterior pituitary gland which is important for milk ejection. There are also numerous other hormones that are required to initiate and sustain milk production. Some women may continue to lactate for a few years after giving birth if they continue to breast-feed. Chances are that the lactating women you saw in the movie had recently given birth.

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