breast milk.....seriously.

veetveet · February 2014

With my first child not an ounce came in.

And now with my termination last week it's pouring out of me. If I roll over on them I leak, if I stand I leak. Talk about adding insult to injury.

I am so sore- made yet another appt with my family doc for meds to stop it- but in the meantime are there any suggestions to minimize/make it stop?

stefuge · February 2014

Wear a sports bra (or two) all the time - even in bed. Do not touch them at all - this will stimulate more milk. I also used cold cabbage leaves tucked in my bra. It stinks, and seems kind of weird, but it helps with the pain, and my doctor swore it would dry up the milk. It took about a week for my milk to dry up. Sorry Hun. It's painful - physically and emotionally.

jonahsma · February 2014

I think Sudafed dries up the milk or something like that. I'm sorry, I know this all sucks..really really sucks.
((hugs))

Deenie1230 · February 2014

Yes cabbage leaves and an antihistamine. I'm sorry you're dealing with this.

veetveet · February 2014

Thanks everyone- Cabbage leaves.... Oh boy...lol

bunnybun4 · February 2014

same advice as pp's- I wore two sports bras all of the time except for in the shower...don't touch them for any reason and make sure the water in the shower doesn't hit them. Cabbage leaves felt great.

I called for meds to stop the milk and my OB said they don't do that anymore...your OB may be different.

so sorry you are having to deal with this!!!

mingaling2 · February 2014

I'm so sorry. It's such a terrible difficult reminder.

I used the sports bra/ sage tea/ cabbage leaf combo and it worked for me. {{hugs}}

Mrodriguez898 · February 2014

Wear a sports bra as tight as you can handle it and I also put the cabbage leaves in my bra and it did help. And do not let warm water hit it.
Can make it worse. What I did was use cold baby wipes to wipe them down and in between because the smell of he cabbage was terrible.
It does go away believe me.
So sorry you are going through this

MCH77 · February 2014

I still remember the morning my milk came in... SUCKS!! I'm sorry.

Pp gave good advice.

SchoolPsychSteph · February 2014

I used a sports bra, sudafed, and frozen vegetables.

ikrystal · February 2014

Its like nature's cruel joke, isnt it? When the nurse told me my milk would come in because my body didnt realize what happened to the boys, I freaked out. My milk came in four days later. I must have grown two cup sizes. Sports bras are the only thing that helped me - the tightest sports bras ever. I was on some pain medication when I came home, so that helped too. I hope they gave you something.

veetveet · February 2014

I got a prescription to dry them out. 1 pill did the trick. Now if I would stop bleeding it would be great. It's that annoying end of your period stuff....but has been a week of this.

Mrodriguez898 · February 2014

@veetveet the bleeding can be a pain too! I was bleeding for three weeks and then one day no blood and the next day id be bleeding again! Once you think it's done, wear a liner just to be safe!

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