Really Strange Question

I adopted a baby when my older, biological child was 10. When she cried I felt the same thing. I called a friend of mine who is a lactation specialist and she said it was totally normal, and happens quite often. Weird, I agree.

Well, I haven't nursed a baby in 15 years and I STILL feel that twinge and ache in my breasts when I hear a baby cry or even see a gorgeous shiny new little package, sigh. And these are other people's babies.

Course, I haven't SAID so cuz I don't want to creep anybody out.

So if you're Super Strange, than I'm Super DUPER Strange!

:)

Sara, I couldn't explain the science behind it, but it happened to me for years after I stopped breastfeeding. Even if I was near someone ELSE'S baby that was crying. My youngest is now 4 1/2 years and it hasn't happened in quite some time but I also have not been around a crying baby for a really long time.
Ya know what else is funny, though, is if someone's baby is crying at the grocery store or church or something, I will notice I sway, like I am jostling a crying baby! I have heard other women do this, too. It is so funny how our bodies automatically react to the sound, sight or smell of a baby.

Yep, I haven't had it for a while, but I used to have it all the time. I have no idea why. I don't know if it is a mental thing, your brain causing the sensation, or a physical thing.

Just know you are not alone and are not crazy! I thought I was for a long time!

IT NEVER GOES AWAY!

I don't know why, but it's exactly the same for me. It's not all in your head! It's real - and normal!

I had this happen once last year - my son was 4.5 at the time. It wasn't major, but definitely there. Very funky!

May be handy if you get stuck in the desert or something :)

I don't know the answer to your question about your breasts specifically, but I'll offer this. After I had my second baby, any time I felt scared, or jolted by anything (like slamming on the brakes while driving), things like this, I get an odd sensation in my hands, kind of like electrical shocks. It was explained to me that sometimes shocks to the system (like childbirth), can change our nervous systems. I wonder if perhaps something similar is going on with you, but not your hands.

At least you don't leak milk - THAT would be very inconvenient!

My mom hasn't nursed an infant since my youngest brother was 9 months old (he's almost 24 now) and she still gets it sometimes. In fact, after I had my oldest daughter, I left her with my mom for 2 weeks while I visited my husband in Korea and she said her breasts started to get bigger! Lol.