I didn't realize weaning..

raceyrae · May 2009

would hurt so much even if I did it gradually! WOW!! I'm on week two of weaning and it's been going great for Natalie. She's not had any compliants and is doing really well with drinking whole milk and eating a snack mid-morning and mid-afternoon instead of nursing. But my goodness, the first two days I dropped a feeding (mid-afternoon last week, mid-morning yesterday), I get so engorged it's so painful. Yesterday I went 12 hr between feeding (morning to bedtime) and my body was not happy! And again over the night, I could hardly sleep. I've always been an overproducer which has been great for nursing Natalie but it's now coming back to bite me in the butt! Ouch! I don't even what to think about how I'll feel next Monday when I drop to nursing every 24 hr and then the Monday after that when I'm done nursing.

sms297 · May 2009

I was the same way when I stopped nursing... I wore a sports bra a lot to help with the pain.

jenn&tim05 · May 2009

My friend went through the same thing. She finally had to give in and pump some of it out just to relieve the pressure. It didnt make her produce more bc her body was getting the message the milk just had no where to go. GL!

mrsmikey · May 2009

It sucked for me too, and I didn't have a great supply to start with. I tried wearing a sports bra, but that just led to clogged ducts. I did relieve myself a little bit in the shower in the mornings, I just had to! It took me forever to completely dry up! I hope it goes quicker for you.

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