#09-BITESIZE-PREGNANCY SERIES-Breast Leakage during Pregnancy

And own the seven month of pregnancy. I was busy scratching my breasts, sitting on my bed in the night when I started noticing the darkened areola, nicely spreading larger and larger day by day. And then there was a Crystal.

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my name is Divya and there were not one. There were two crystals, one on either side of my breast. I touched it and it fell off. I picked it up and placed it on my palm, a Glared at it for a second, and then showed it to my husband and said, my breast is producing crystals. He saw it and with also a frowned look, but his usual general calm, demeanor, he said

You should see a doctor. I immediately noted it down in my diary. And when I showed it to my doctor, she asked me quite a number of questions. Hm. She said, oh, early, what questions did she ask? I'll tell you all about it. In this episode where we discuss breast leakage in practice.

Right from pregnancy, the breasts, they start feeling very different. Isn't it? You, you must have felt it. You must be feeling it right now. What changes have you noticed? Yes. Yes. Itching. They common. It almost becomes a routine. You know, you want to gently rub your breasts to feel better to calm you down.

And then you may say, oh, look at the docks of. It seems to be growing into a bigger circuit, or you may also discuss it with your friends, a good friend changes or with your husband, and wonder if it is just, you, you may also notice an increase in the size of your breasts or wonder if it's just you and you know, other people who look beautiful and glamorous and all those are pregnancy shoots too.

They also witness an increase in the size and the. You may also notice some bums on the dark region, on your breasts, on the areola. Um, and you may feel okay. Another weird symptom and it may make you feel overwhelmed. Is it just me? You may ask if you're pregnant right now, you may be experiencing some or all of these symptoms.

And if you've been tracking before, you must have witnessed many. In your previous or current tract fancy. So by now, you must have already realized that are pressed. They significantly changed during pregnancy, but why, why would that be? Why would I leak as well? No, not necessarily. So leaking in pregnancy is not necessarily.

Or it may have nine happened to everybody much, like all the other pregnancy symptoms. So if you have something, somebody else may not have it do answer the first question. Why would that be? Why would your breasts feel different because your breasts are already preparing for breastfeeding? Yes. They're preparing to Notre the baby of the boat.

All. According to national health service. The stage one of milk production starts right in pregnancy, somewhere around the myriad of pregnancies. I can try my as to, or towards the end of the pregnancy. It varies from woman to woman. So the milk or the discharge that you may see, like I saw Mimi that post-merger, that comes it's called colostrum.

That is also the first myth that is. And you first feed your baby. Now, what did my doctor say to my leaking breasts? To me producing crystals and pregnancy, she said early, but normal. So I was producing colostrum, which look like small yellowish crystals, and I would often drop it on my bra. And if I looked closely, it was bad on my neck.

So my doctor said you can gently clean it, take it off. Don't do anything. Just let it be. So that's normal leakage, M pregnancy, breast leakage, and pregnancy is an indication of you producing milk to natto your baby. And a little bit of that leak. It indicates that everything is normal and going as planned.

Now, when should you be concerned? If the discharged is. It feels very different, very, very different awkward. If it scares you, you should definitely see a doctor. If nothing consoles you, if nothing convinces you, you should see a doctor again. If the discharge is a lot and it is smelly, you should see a doctor.

If there is blood in your discharge, from the breasts, you should see your doctor. So yes. It, it it's a wonderful mechanism. The body prepares milk to Debezium of breasts to produce milk much before, but right in pregnancy. And so along with other, you know, body parts and so many other things that are booking hard and hard to know too, the baby breasts are a part of it.

They are functional organs. So, you know, witnessing a small crystal on your bra is normal. Having a bit of a leakage is. If you think that you need to have less bads, you can start using them. Otherwise, mostly it's not required. Also. Not every woman would leak milk and pregnancy. Most of them will have a lead down label, but some of us do.

And it's good to know that it's normal. And with that, we wrap up. If you have any more questions, write to me on my email ID. Mommy, track daddy. . You've started this new project, or I would say you started this new fun fact Friday section on our Instagram page. And if you enjoy what we're doing, if you enjoy how you bring this episode to you, all the information, all the knowledge we bring to you, I am very, very sure you're going to like the fun fact by the section on our Instagram channel.

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