Male lactation

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Can men produce milk and breastfeed? As surprising as this might sound, the answer is yes!

It seems to be an unusual request but there are about 70K inquiries about male lactation in Google every month. Evidently, more and more people are interested in this topic.

There can be multiple reasons why males would want to lactate:

Fathers wanting to breastfeed their baby so as to share duties with the mother. Sometimes the mother might have health issues that forbid her to breastfeed. The father then takes over as the breast milk giver.
Transgender women who want to breastfeed adopted or surrogate kids
For erotic lactation purposes in Adult Nursing Relationships (ANRs)
No matter the reason, with a lot of commitment and the right method it can be done!

The basic requirements for being able to produce breast milk are functioning breasts and a pituitary gland in the brain (to release prolactin, the lactation hormone). Men happen to have both so there is no major obstacle for them to lactate.

Of course they need to follow the correct method to develop their breasts so as to induce lactation. To do so, they need to use the same hormones naturally released during a woman’s pregnancy to develop their breasts.

The article goes in the say the goldfarb protocol works equally as well for men as it does for women so maybe go check it out.

This is the link I use for the goldfarb protocol

https://www.canadianbreastfeedingfoundation.org/induced/regular_protocol.shtml

I think men need to take hormones to recreate the hormones a woman goes through during pregnancy. I did read somewhere before that this lead to a man developing breasts. Someone else here might be more knowledgeable about it. I’d certainly be interested in hearing how you get on.

I also agree with @anrhouseboy. For me as a woman it’s been a lonesome journey so I can imagine it been more for a man.

I’ve heard there is a tribe in Africa that does this, obviously naturally from suckling the babies. Seems to be related to the post I made with the grandmother nursing her grandchild. I think in societies that don’t have pacifiers/dummies, they have to get creative when babies just want to suckle for comfort, not to feed. I know for myself, because my daughter would never take a pacifier, it was just me ALL me and that was HARD sometimes, still is.

But I do agree that in Western society, you may have a hard time finding a partner and seems like you might want to secure that first (but I am sure there’s someone for you!). That being said, I swear there was some Big Pharma drug like 10 years ago that had commercials stating side effects included male lactation? Or maybe it was just males growing breasts? Does anyone else remember this?

@anrhouseboy You are incorrect about having to be dependent on hormones for as long as he wanted to lactate. I actually know two men, personally, who lactate. Both take normal amounts of Domperidone, not excessive amounts. One uses hormones and one doesn’t. One goes off the Dom as soon as he has milk and maintains his supply with herbs and stimulation. It really is annoying when people offer opinions without any knowledge of the subject. And FWIW, Domperidone doesn’t necessarily have any worse side effects that any other medication. It’s sold over the counter in 26 countries and is not necessarily any more dangerous than aspirin in the recommended doses.

@juicyboobies shares good information, as does Effervescent1 in her discussion of lactation. However, although Effervescent1 states that 27 countries allow the sale of domperidone, we should note that there are 194 countries in the world and 167 do not allow the sale of domperidone. The US is one of the 167 countries. Although domperidone has been used safely by some individuals, it has caused heart issues in others. If you decide to go this route it would be prudent to be evaluated by a doctor before taking it, and then again regularly thereafter. It is NOT as safe as aspirin, obviously.

The fathers in Africa didn’t have access to Domperidone, but suckled babes in an attempt to do so….this must have provided them peace and relaxation which is the real beauty of abf and anr. Be safe, then pump or suckle to your heart’s content. Good luck in your efforts.