Adult Nursing Relationships and Adult Breastfeeding

Adult Nusring Relationships are not perversion or sexual in nature, but more emotional and bonding.
As I discuss the particular relationship dynamic involved in an adult nursing or adult breastfeeding relationship, keep your mind open and your taboos in check, and remember that what works for you may not for others, and vice versa.

Adult Nursing Relationship Defined

What is an adult nursing relationship? Simply put, this is a relationship in which one partner nurses or suckles a female in the relationship. This can occur with or without lactation, and for different couples, is done for varying lengths of time or number of times per day, week, etc.

How Do Adult Nursing Relationships Begin?

Usually, though not always, an adult nursing relationship begins when a woman in the relationship gets pregnant, thus causing her to lactate. Typically, when a baby is born, the natural of a marital relationship, particularly the sexual relationship, changes.

Watching mom nurse and cuddle the baby, the father may experience jealousy toward the baby, particularly when his own intimacy needs have not been met. Note, I said intimacy, not sex. Also, the man may find he's curious about nursing, fascinated by watching his wife nurse their child, and perhaps also desiring that type of bonding experience with her she has with their child.

Adult nursing relationships or adult breastfeeding can also occur after a woman miscarries or a child is stillborn. She may lactate and feel a deep psychological need to nurse, when there is no baby to nurse. Her partner nursing in the baby's stead can help trick her body into doing what it has prepared itself to do, while the bonding with her partner can help her with the psychological and emotional pain.

Then there are other adult nursing and breastfeeding relationships that do not begin with pregnancy but rather out of a desire, sexual or intimate, to share what has been proven to be a psychologically bonding, comforting and pleasurable experience to some people.
Do Adults Drink Breast Milk?

Yes, in some adult nursing relationships, the woman lactates and her partner nurses and drinks the breast milk. In others, the partner simply suckles the woman, but she is not lactating. However, frequent suckling or massaging the breasts, three or more times per day, can actually induce lactation in a woman - even a woman who has never been pregnant!

Are There Benefits to an Adult Nursing Relationship?

Many... psychologically, an adult nursing relationship or adult breastfeeding can bond a couple in a very special way-from a mental and emotional connection to a true physical connection in a pleasurable activity, intimate, close, touching, sharing and being vulnerable to each other. From a psychological perspective, the woman and her partner can bond on a more spiritual and physical level.

Also, nursing releases hormones that provide a general sense of 'well-being', in both the woman and the partner suckling the woman, while helping both relax mentally and physically. Women who nurse long-term, whether a baby or their partner, have been shown to have less frequent mood swings, report to be happier and more emotionally stable.

On a physical level and medical level though, there are many benefits to adult nursing. First, a woman's breasts are made to produce as much breast milk as is required, but sometimes, particularly when nursing a child, the milk production is more than necessary, and this can cause engorgement, as well as pain and discomfort. When the woman's partner suckles and nurses her breasts in between feeding the child, she can relax and avoid manual breast pumping but get relief for engorgement.

Also, a woman who breast feeds long-term is likely to prevent breast cancer and lower the risk of certain ovarian cancers. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2136824.stm. Breastfeeding can help a woman with weight loss or maintaining a healthy weight because nursing uses calories and increases metabolism. Breastfeeding can also naturally prevent a woman from having periods, while she still releases hormones. For a married woman or a woman in a committed relationship, this can be a very positive thing, allowing sexual intimacy at any time. (http://www.llli.org//NB/NBJulAug01p124.html)

Are There Benefits for Adults Drinking Breast Milk?

Absolutely. Adult cancer patients have been drinking breast milk in many studies to help boost their immune system and to help increase weight when appetite is suppressed by chemotherapy or radiation. Breast milk is naturally sterile and is antibacterial in property, as well as providing exceptional immune boosting properties to the drinker as well, and this is true whether adult or child. An adult who nurses on his partner regularly can expect to get sick less frequently, to have more energy, and actually have less of an appetite.

Is Adult Nursing or Breastfeeding Normal?

I guess that depends on what 'normal' means to you. There are some people who will not enjoy breastfeeding their partner, and there will be some partners who will not enjoy suckling. However, if both partners are comfortable with it, an adult nursing relationship is perfectly natural and biological in nature, and the benefits are numerous, so there really is nothing abnormal about it.

Is Adult Nursing or Breastfeeding a Perversion or Sexual Fetish?

Some people may think so, but there is nothing perverted about breastfeeding or nursing, whether the one nursing is an adult or a baby. Some woman report very pleasurable and stimulating physical and sexual feelings or feelings of sexual arousal when breastfeeding an adult partner, and thus, adult nursing or breastfeeding could be, for some couples, a sexual activity or foreplay. For others, it is just an intimate bonding experience that may or may not include sexual activity. Every couple is individual, and what adult nursing or breastfeeding means to you and your partner is entirely up to you.

Does Adult Nursing or Breastfeeding Cause a Parent/Child Relationship?

It doesn't have to. Some people like to dress like a baby when adult nursing, but this is role playing and is a completely different activity than the nursing itself. The majority of couples who are in an adult nursing relationship do not role play, and the one who suckles the woman's breast does not feel like nor act like a baby or child, and the woman does not treat him like one either.

Is There a Downside to Adult Nursing or Breastfeeding?

Not really, if both participants are comfortable with it, they communicate openly, and both find pleasure in the experience. However, adult nursing or breastfeeding should never be forced, because doing so can cause emotional and psychological damage, as well as physical problems.

Some potential negatives to adult nursing that can cause problems for one or both partners are:

* Lactating when the woman does not want to and only wants the partner to suckle.
* Not being able to induce lactation when both partners want it.
* Being tense and unable to relax or enjoy the experience, or the woman not being able to relax to release milk due to inhibitions or the partner not being able to suckle milk when he chooses because of his own tension and worries.
* Sore nipples or breasts.
* A woman feeling tension or feelings of failure because she is unable to lactate for her partner.
* Not having enough time to suckle or nurse during the day, causing pain, engorgement, or causing the woman to stop lactating or lower her production - if lactation is desired, suckling must be performed on a regular basis, at least 2-4 times per day in an adult nursing relationship or the woman will have to manually pump her breasts.

What Does Breast Milk Taste Like?

Most mothers who breastfeed have probably at least tasted their breast milk at some point and many fathers have too, so this isn't as 'gross' as some people will think. Breast milk is reported by some to be very sweet, thin, and quite tasty. One adult nursing relationship partner said his wife's breast milk tasted like the milk after a bowl of Sugar Smacks.

Is an Adult Nursing Relationship Right for You?

Who knows? Only you can know if allowing your adult partner to nurse on your breast if comfortable and pleasant for you or not. Only you can know if you have a desire to suckle a woman's breast or breastfeed. If you do have this desire to try it, it's not like it can hurt anything to give it a shot. During normal sexual activity, couples often fondle or stroke the breasts with mouth, tongue and hands, so the concept shouldn't be completely foreign for you.

Mature and committed couples should be able to discuss issues such as this and at the very least try adult nursing and suckling. If nothing else, you may have a few laughs and then decide it's not for you, but even then you and your partner will be closer for having shared the attempt.

Then again, you and your partner may truly enjoy the intimacy and bonding that an adult nursing relationship brings and decide to explore it further. The main thing is, if it's something you've considered, it's not taboo to discuss it with your partner and see where it takes you both.

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