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when will the milk stop?!weaned moms come in!

kt&charleskt&charles
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I gradually weaned my daughter over the last 3 weeks and im on day 6 of no breastfeeding. The first two days i was not full and feeling good but the last 4, im so engorged, my breast feel bruised. I have tried sudafed, cabbage, expressing a small bit in a hot shower, heating pad and ice packs and nothing is working. I am taking ibuprofen for the pain but i cant even hold my daughter or pick her up without holing her out and away from me.

What should i do? I dont want to pump for fear of starting this all over again, but im scared of infection and my milk stagnating. Is there relief in the future soon?

 

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Re: when will the milk stop?!weaned moms come in!

  • KRMacKRMac

    I haven't weaned yet, but I think you should pump to take the edge off...not a lot though.  You are going to get an infection if you don't.  

    Did you XP on the BFing board? 

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  • emily0829emily0829 member
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    I haven't weaned yet, but I think you should pump to take the edge off...not a lot though.  You are going to get an infection if you don't.  

    Did you XP on the BFing board? 

    I weaned a long time ago, but just wanted to say that I went 3 days without breastfeeding, then pumped for only about 2 minutes. I was deathly scared of an infection.

    All in all, it took about two weeks to dry up completley.

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  • boomersooner9779boomersooner9779

    i would pump for maybe 3 minutes max and then a hot shower. it should help. but if you pump too long it's just going to cause more probs.

    it took me a good month to dry up.

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  • CornbreadsmomCornbreadsmom

    I went through this recently. I nursed for the last time on a saturday and by the next saturday I was in a LOT of pain (I had trouble holding LO too, and the seatbelt hurt!). I don't currently have a pump and hand-expressing was too painful and not productive. I took iburprofen and stood in a shower for some relief. The worst pain was over within 24-36 hours, they stopped being engorged and were just "lumpy" and a few days after that they went back to "normal."

    GL! Hope you feel better soon.

    I also took sudafed to try and speed up the drying process. I took it twice over a 48 hour period.

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  • Big JBig J member

    Try pumping a tiny bit, just to relieve a little pressure.  I weaned from EPing veeery slowly (over the course of a month) so I never had any engorgement.

    Hope you feel better soon.  Boob pain sucks!

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  • kt&charleskt&charles

    thanks! its awful! I will pump as soon as i get home...im miserable

     

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