I'm a Christian wife post menopause. I have an overwhelming desire to lactate. Has anyone else felt this? The only way I can describe it is when I nursed my baby 30 years ago and was full and needed relief, how just the thought of my baby made my nipples leak and long to be emptied. The difference is, I am very much removed from that chapter in life, as a 50 something menopausal mature conservative woman. My husband is older than I and has physical limitations that don't allow him to suckle with any regularity or length of time. Which as you know will not lead to lactation nor quench the longing even for dry nursing. Because of my own health, my induction path would only be natural/no meds or herbs. At my age, pt employment and a caregiver and only being able to pump 3x a day M-F, is there any point? The desire is so strong. I feel in my heart I'm being called to make milk for my husband's healing. I have always had a strong desire to nurse, to comfort thru my breasts, as far back as childhood. If society permitted I think my call in life would have been a wet nurse. So many unmet longings that maybe I should try, as hard as it will be, to put this purpose and dream away because the unmet needs are making me depressed but the thought of giving up is depressing too. Maybe I should donate my significant investment in nursing bras, tops, dresses and pumps to a more deserving young, lactating woman.