Ruth Lawrence (in her 4th edition, at p. 41) describes hypermastia as "the
presence of accessory mammary glands, which are phylogenic remnants of the
embryonic mammary ridge. [A]ccessory nipples and glandular tissue may be
found along these lines ... [o]ccasionally, supernumerary glands are found
in the urogenital region, on the buttocks, or on the back as well.
Weatherly-White RCS:  Plastic surgery of the female breast.  Hagerstown,
MD 1980, Harper & Row."  She also writes that sites of ectopic nipples,
areolae or breast tissue can lactate or undergo malignant change (same
cite).

It would appear that hypermastia will not affect mom's ability to
breastfeed from her "regular" breasts; she may also lactate from the
supernumerary sites.
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Liz Brooks, JD, IBCLC
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