Hi, Mary Beth, and welcome to lactnet!

Re: your post-hysterectomy friend's breast question: I used to call this my
"breast period" after mine - and the main way I knew that my remaining piece
of ovary had pooped out was that they first became irregular & less
frequent, then mostly stopped. Started estrogen, & the swelling & tenderness
resumed, although with less "periodicity". Because her ovaries still
function, she gets the breast enlargement with the hormonal fluctuations,
which continue to carry on except they don't have a uterus to act upon any
more. Don't really know about the leaking business you described, but if she
only stopped nursing 2 yrs ago, I'd say it doesn't sound too wierd. Powerful
things, those breasts! A life of their own sometimes!

Cathy Bargar, RN, IBCLC Ithaca NY

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