Medical Questions » Babies Questions » Question No. 117
| Question: | My two week old daughter has been producing milk from her nipples. Is there something wrong? |
| Answer: | Witches milk is the rather off-putting term used for this rather common problem. Babies can be influenced by the hormones in their mother' s milk, or may be affected immediately before birth by these same hormones. It can occur in babies of either sex, and is in no way detrimental to their health.
No treatment is needed and the milk production is usually very slight and disappears in a few weeks. Interestingly, any woman or man can be made to produce breast milk if they are given the correct hormone cocktail at almost any time in their lives.
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