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What does it mean if you lactate and have never been pregnant and are not pregnant?

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To Lactate when not pregnant, or never pregnant means high prolactin level in the blood.hyperprolactinaemia.the anterior pituitary secretes it normally, after child birth to start braest feeding after the baby is born.

This translates to a medical condition called infertility either primary or secondary depending on whether one has been pregnant before.The person will not be able to conceive unless treated with drugs to reduce the level of prolactin because high prolactin inhibits the activity as well as production of ovulation hormone,FSH by the anterior pituitary by negative feed back mechanism in physiology.