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how long does it take for your milk to dry up?
I am working on stopping the pumping altogether. I just don't want to do
this routine anymore. I won't go back to breastfeeding either, so I'm trying to "dry up". But I have no idea on how to go about it. I am only pumping every 6-8 hrs, but still put out over 16 oz every time, which is almost double what she eats. I can't stop cold turkey, the engorgement is unbearable. Is there a "method" for stopping breastfeeding? |
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how long does it take for your milk to dry up?
On 2006-01-27 13:10:34 +0800, "oregonchick" said:
I am working on stopping the pumping altogether. I just don't want to do this routine anymore. I won't go back to breastfeeding either, so I'm trying to "dry up". But I have no idea on how to go about it. I am only pumping every 6-8 hrs, but still put out over 16 oz every time, which is almost double what she eats. I can't stop cold turkey, the engorgement is unbearable. Is there a "method" for stopping breastfeeding? You can take drugs, but the best way for your body is gradual.... could you try leaving the expressing 1/2 or 1 hour longer each day? Cabbage leaves, avoid all other stimulation (hot showers/foreplay). I can't even remember the name of the drug you can take, now, sorry. What about going on the combined pill? Jo -- Woman, Wife, Mother, Midwife |
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how long does it take for your milk to dry up?
I wouldn't pump until you're "empty" - just enough to relieve the
tenderness/pain. Then your body will gradually get the message to produce less and less. Drugs are really not the way to go - they're usually only given in exception circumstances, like when a baby is stillborn and the mother wishes to stop lactation before it starts. Morag "oregonchick" wrote in message ... I am working on stopping the pumping altogether. I just don't want to do this routine anymore. I won't go back to breastfeeding either, so I'm trying to "dry up". But I have no idea on how to go about it. I am only pumping every 6-8 hrs, but still put out over 16 oz every time, which is almost double what she eats. I can't stop cold turkey, the engorgement is unbearable. Is there a "method" for stopping breastfeeding? |
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Morag in Oxford wrote: I wouldn't pump until you're "empty" - just enough to relieve the tenderness/pain. Then your body will gradually get the message to produce less and less. Drugs are really not the way to go - they're usually only given in exception circumstances, like when a baby is stillborn and the mother wishes to stop lactation before it starts. Morag Seconded. Exactly what I was told with engorgement and it worked. It only takes a little milk to relieve it, although being a dairy fairy it might take you a little bit more. IIRC, cold turkey could lead to blocked ducts, which isn't good. Jeni |
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how long does it take for your milk to dry up?
how many pump sessions are you doing? I seem to think you are only doing 4
or 5, in which case dropping one all together is probably not a good idea, but you can shorten one, then drop it and repeat with each one until you are not doing it at all, or there has been a significant drop and you are prepared to go cold turkey. Anne |
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how long does it take for your milk to dry up?
"Notchalk" wrote in message
You can take drugs, but the best way for your body is gradual.... could you try leaving the expressing 1/2 or 1 hour longer each day? Cabbage leaves, avoid all other stimulation (hot showers/foreplay). I can't even remember the name of the drug you can take, now, sorry. What about going on the combined pill? The drug is not recommended anymore, as it was found to cause cancer. To Betsy: Gradually reducing the times you pump and/or the amount you pump. IOW, let one pumping session go for a few days until your body adjusts and then take away another pumping seesions, etc... Go longer in between pumping sessions. Cabbage leaves do help to reduce or dry up supply. -- Sue (mom to three girls) |
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how long does it take for your milk to dry up?
"oregonchick" wrote in message ... I am working on stopping the pumping altogether. I just don't want to do this routine anymore. I won't go back to breastfeeding either, so I'm trying to "dry up". But I have no idea on how to go about it. I am only pumping every 6-8 hrs, but still put out over 16 oz every time, which is almost double what she eats. I can't stop cold turkey, the engorgement is unbearable. Is there a "method" for stopping breastfeeding? Well, my body, and baby, have effectively done this naturally since as my daughter started dropping naps she stopped letting me pump as often. I currently pump 2x a day-morning and night, and get barely enough for a 6 oz sippy each time. (And am torn on whether to continue or not-I'd really like Alli to get some breast milk until age 2, but I don't know if my body will continue to produce that long since I can only pump 2x/day.) What I'd suggest is dropping pumping cycles one at a time, and not pumping until you're done when you do. So, instead of pumping every 4 hours, pump every 6. Or instead of every 6, pump every 8, and then every 12. At that point, you can probably stop altogether-I suspect I could do so now without pain at all. This is effectively what my daughter forced me into starting at about 10 months or so. I'm sure you're going to get a lot of rationales for why you should keep going, so I'm not going to do it. I will say that for me it got easier with time, and that the stage of engorgement and producing enough for two babies and feeling tied to the pump because otherwise your breasts are about to burst was about as bad as it got once supply was established. |
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how long does it take for your milk to dry up?
"Morag in Oxford" wrote in message ... I wouldn't pump until you're "empty" - just enough to relieve the tenderness/pain. Then your body will gradually get the message to produce less and less. Drugs are really not the way to go - they're usually only given in exception circumstances, like when a baby is stillborn and the mother wishes to stop lactation before it starts. Morag Even then, all that was done was that I was started back on a full-strength birth control pill earlier than typical. |
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The drug is not recommended anymore, as it was found to cause cancer. it is still given in very rare cases, the long term risk of cancer is sometimes a fair exchange for the short term reduction of distress. Anne |
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how long does it take for your milk to dry up?
oregonchick writes:
I am working on stopping the pumping altogether. I just don't want to do this routine anymore. I won't go back to breastfeeding either, so I'm trying to "dry up". But I have no idea on how to go about it. I am only pumping every 6-8 hrs, but still put out over 16 oz every time, which is almost double what she eats. I can't stop cold turkey, the engorgement is unbearable. Is there a "method" for stopping breastfeeding? I haven't anything to add to what the others have said on the actual question, but since you *haven't* in fact had a lot of people giving reasons for not stopping... I wonder whether you would at least consider taking two or three weeks to have a(nother) serious try at getting your PPD treated, before you give up? I'd hate you to give up pumping and then find you feel no better, because the pumping wasn't actually the problem. (You should not have to stop feeding to take PPD meds: if your doctor tells you to do this, you need a new doctor, IMHO.) Also, I saw that elsewhere you asked questions about burning calories by exercising. If that's a concern, giving up pumping makes no sense - with a new baby, there's no way you'll get enough exercising time to burn remotely as many calories as you're currently burning to make milk. I think it's also possible that having this concern so early is itself because of the PPD, so to me it's another red flag. (Of course, I accept that exercising has many benefits besides burning calories - but then so does breastfeeding, or pumping milk for your baby!) Sidheag DS Colin Oct 27 2003 |
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