Especially for a very "eager" and "in the mood for babies" woman, a 
breast exam or other breast activity will promote prolactin, as will 
holding babies, or even hearing crying babies. Oxytocin and estrogen 
promote prolactin too. I had high prolactin levels in fertility work-ups as 
well. I was holding lots of babies as I decided it might increase my 
fertility. Then I had to go and tell my patients to stop bringing their 
babies in. My doc was a curious and read-and-look-into-it kind of guy 
and we did multiple blood tests and found strong prolactin correlations 
to my activities, matching what the little bits of research out there 
suggest can happen. I would get tingling in my breasts if I looked 
longingly at baby clothes through a store window! I had to go cold 
turkey to keep my levels down (down to high normal). Doc and I never 
did any looking for other pathology but my kid is 12 now and I'm still 
alive. I re-lactated at a 3-day conference where babies were included, 
years after weaning, and still get little responses to this day. I think it 
can be just a strong prolactin response. I have more theory on that but 
it's getting too OT.  Best, linda

Linda F. Palmer, DC
"Baby Matters"

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