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NoDoctor's answer:
Women only produce milk after childbirth. However, some unmarried girls may suddenly discover occasional damp stains on their bras. If they squeeze their breasts occasionally, a milky-white liquid similar to milk may flow out. To understand the reason behind this, it's first necessary to understand how milk production occurs after childbirth in women: The development of a woman's breasts is primarily influenced by the estrogen and progesterone hormones secreted by the ovaries. Estrogen promotes the development of breast lobules, while progesterone stimulates the growth of breast ducts. Milk secretion is regulated under the control of the nervous system, through the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovary axis, which modulates the prolactin secreted by the pituitary gland.