Stopping pumping

AmySmolos · July 2013

How do you completely quit pumping? I've gotten down to two a day and not full sessions, so anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes. I think I'm just scared because I've had a lot of clogged ducts. But when i feel slightly full I just pump a few minutes which is when I wake in the morning and before I go to bed. Any suggestions for me? Do I just deal with the full boobs and it will just go away? Ahh!

bigbootyjudi · July 2013

My LC told me to quit one session a day, every three days.

If you keep pumping when you feel full, you're telling your body to produce more to replace what you just pumped out.

It sounds weird, but cold cabbage leaves help. You have to wrinkle them in your hand like a washcloth, then stuff them in your bra. Other than that, I've heard antihistamines dry you up pretty quickly.

amaite · July 2013

I'm going to take it very slow, in part because I want to get to a year, and in part because I have also had a lot of clogged ducts. I went from 4 to 3 pumps a couple weeks ago, and my supply is just now dropping to about 30 oz a day from 35 oz a day. I'm trying to make the sessions shorter and drop even more before going down to 2 sessions because I feel like that is a huge jump. I was told that because I'm still pumping so much volume this far out (LO is 11 months), it's going to take longer than usual to completely wean. So, I'll probably end up doing 2 sessions for a couple weeks, reducing how much time I pump, and then eventually drop to one for a bit, and then maybe every other day. I guess it will depend on how much I seem to be producing and my level of discomfort.

latnprincess · July 2013

I would keep spreading the hours further apart and then dropping sessions. That's what I'm doing for work. I was pumping at 10, 1:30, 4:30. I dropped the 4:30 one and am only doing 10 and 2 pm now. My last session was barely giving me 2 oz, so I wasn't that full anyway.

mswood1977 · July 2013

I dropped 1 session a week. I went from pumping 5 times a day to 4 times a day, then a week later I dropped to 3 sessions a day, then dropped to 2 sessions. This week I have only be pumping once a day, today was the last day I plan on pumping.

I haven't had any pain doing it this way and very little leakage. We will see how it goes now that I am not planning on pumping anymore.

DS turns 1 on Sunday and is already been drinking mostly WCM for the past 2 weeks.

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