Overflowing: A Lesbian Lactation Story

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Cancer screening – studies have consistently shown that a lower percentage of lesbians receive mammographies, pap smears and colonoscopies compared to other women. Liz Margolies believes this is due in part to financial problems, and a belief by the lesbian that she will not be welcomed – either because of a perceived fear or due to previous experience. People have lots of different views on breastfeeding, whether it’s how long to do it for or where to do it.

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Logan and Nina waited until they knew they were pregnant before seeing a lactation consultant to establish if co-feeding was an option for them. Their health care providers recommended a course of medication that impacted Logan’s hormones. She also took medication traditionally used to treat stomach problems. However, one of the side effects was that it increases prolactin, the hormone that increases milk production. If you’re interested in prescription medication to induce lactation, then it’s always crucial to speak to your health care provider. This means that any LGBTQ+ couple where both parents have the capacity to breast- or chestfeed may be able to nurse their baby once they’re born. This is an option for both biological and adoptive parents and is actually a fairly old practice. A significant number of lesbians do not seek medical help for routine screenings because of a fear of being shunned or ill-treated by health staff. As mentioned above, this is sometimes the result of real experiences, Liz Margolies writes.

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Pregnancy and breastfeeding – it is likely that a higher percentage of heterosexual women will breastfeed during their lives, compared to lesbian women. Breastfeeding has been shown to reduce breast cancer risk. Liz Margolies mentions that lesbians are less likely to become pregnant and have children before they are 30 years old (apparently, getting pregnant to full term before 30 years of age reduces cancer risk). It’s not happened often which is amazing. I have friends who don’t breastfeed in public anymore because they’re that scared, which is horrible. The 27-year-old from Lancashire, UK, wants to show people that it’s normal for a child to breastfeed for as long as possible. I’ve had more of those comments than the negative ones, but you remember the negative ones more - they make more of an impact unfortunately. Amy hopes to break the stigma on extended breastfeeding and show critics that it’s completely natural, good for the child and encourages closeness.He is a real alpha male but behind closed doors this relationship lets him put his guard down, be submissive and allow himself to be loved 100 per cent.”

Lesbian couple both breastfeed their newborn baby | Daily Lesbian couple both breastfeed their newborn baby | Daily

Mohd Hassan, Shahirah, et al. “Experiences of Women Who Underwent Induced Lactation: A Literature Review.” Malaysian Family Physician: The Official Journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia, vol. 16, no. 1, Mar. 2021, pp. 18–30. Accessed 21 Mar. 2022. The NHS recommends all babies are exclusively breastfed until at least six months old, while 73 per cent of new mums choose to nurse from birth. When she started nursery there were quite a few bugs going around and she had nothing in comparison to her classmates. Nina, 34, became pregnant with her first child in 2020 following 12 months of intrauterine insemination (IUI) treatment. “Some people think they want to be an astronaut or a firefighter when they grow up, but I knew I wanted to have a baby,” she says. “It was always in my plan. When I met Logan in 2016, we talked about having a family from the very beginning. We just didn’t know how it would look for us.”A study published in the Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health showed that cognitive development in infants is improved by breastfeeding. It’s a completely selfless thing to do, but it’s probably the hardest thing I have ever done in my life too. The midwives are amazing at what they do, but they do not have the time to give comprehensive breastfeeding support.