Man Milk & Dad Lactation
One day, according to my Dad , when I was a wee bitty baby, I latched onto his nose and started suckling. Apparently it took about 4 seconds before I realized no milk was forthcoming and let my displeasure be known. “ Let me sing you the song of my people ” -Me at 6 weeks old & my Dad So why don’t men lactate? After all, they have the equipment, kind of. Males in many mammalian species have nipples and mammary tissue. The presence and development of these structures in males depends on the timing of sexual differentiation during embryonic development. In humans, out of 100,000 men, 1-2 will develop breast cancer annually ( Speirs and Shaaban 2009). And the equipment works, kind of. Testosterone deficiency in men can, in rare circumstances, lead to the medical condition of galactorrhea - when a milk substance is spontaneously produced from the mammary gland. There are also a few reports of men producing milk and nursing their infants, but Big Foot is better documented. Baby