Sentences with phrase «milk duct system»

Your milk duct system becomes fully developed sometime during your second trimester, so you can make milk for your baby even if he arrives prematurely.

Immediately after conception, the body begins to prepare for breastfeeding, and the milk duct system in your breasts becomes fully developed sometime during your second trimester of pregnancy.

This is because the growth of the milk duct system and the formation of many more lobules.

Not exact matches

The milk ducts are like a system of little streams of milk that join together in bigger and bigger rivers, eventually emptying out of the breast through the milk duct at the nipple.

- Other risk factors for milk stasis / clogged ducts besides engorgement: ineffective milk removal (due to latching troubles, nipple pain / cracked nipples, sleepy baby, etc.), skipped feedings (such as the scenario above or overuse of a pacifier, baby starting to sleep longer at night, supplementation and sudden weaning), stress, fatigue, and a weakened immune system.

Breast milk production is a system of supply and demand, and clogged ducts often happen when supply suddenly exceeds demand.

The mammary gland itself is a system of ducts that conduct milk to the nipple, surrounded by fat cells and connective tissue.