QuoteReplyTopic: Drying Up My Milk Supply Posted: 11 April 2008 at 12:29pm
I have been weaning Keziah for the last month and a bit..
Was dropping 1 feed per day in the beginning and am now bottle feeding her for every feed apart from the morning and night time feeds... My supply has dropped alot but still not enough to completely wean her...
What products or remedies did you use to dry yourself up, and how long did it take??
I just gradually replaced a BF with a FF every few days, I still have milk here but only got lumpy once. I have heard parsley helps to dry you up and Milk stop has been recommended
Try giving her half bottle/half boob at those feeds so that she takes less and therefore you will produce less, or express those feeds but don't express until empty that way your boobs will make less, then just keep expressing/feeding her less until you feel comfortable stopping. I found once I had stopped feeding entirely that i still had to express a little of in the shower each morning for about a week just for comfort and then I was able to stop.
i stopped cold turkey:( and asked phamarcy and doc for something they wouldnt prescribe anything unless it was absolutely necessary..some people have suggested milk stop? but i just expressed a lot ...every 3-4 hours then every 5-6 and after 2 weeks everything stopped leaking and hurting..
When I lost my twins and my milk came in my midwife suggested Milk stop and it seemed to work quite well. I had lots of milk (do this time as well) and I used to express a little off in the shower to take the pressure off. For me it took a couple of weeks to dry up but as I never actually fed it is probably different
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