When one teen mom gave her baby up for adoption, her selfless act didn't end there. For almost three months, year-old Kaleena Pysher has been pumping breast milk and shipping it to her baby's adoptive parents. Pysher learned she was pregnant last spring during her senior year of high school. She told TODAY Parents that she decided on adoption early in her pregnancy, after discovering that a family friend was seeking to adopt.
I’m 15 and I have milk coming out of my breasts. I’m not pregnant or nursing. What could be wrong?
Teen Moms and Breastfeeding Their Newborn
Norma Acker right hangs out in the kitchen with her mother and her daughter, Samantha Grace. She breast-fed her for eight months. Give it to mommy. Go wash your hands. Parenting is hard, Acker says. Being a teen parent is even harder. Acker was barely 15 when she had Gracie.
Suggest that she try breastfeeding for a few days or weeks. This may encourage her to breastfeed when she might otherwise never even start. Unless she brings up how long she plans to nurse, you might want to avoid discussing long-term commitments to breastfeeding. Avoid being judgmental.
Jessica Buck was just 18 when she was diagnosed with prolactinoma , a benign tumour found inside the brain that causes the body to produce too much of the breast milk hormone, prolactin. The tumour affects the pituitary gland found at the base of the brain, which controls levels of several hormones in the body. Jessica had just started sixth form when she began experiencing symptoms including exhaustion, dizziness and headaches.