Bewb help

sparkymcgeee · April 2014

So as you all know I'm sure because I'm talking about it a lot I'm drying up. Isaac hasn't nursed in over 36 hours and what he did do at that time didn't give him anything really. But in the 36+ hours I've started to feel engorged a bit. Not like super uncomfortable but I can tell there's some milk in there. What did you ladies that had a forced wean situation do to relieve the pain and dry up the rest of the way? With Eliza she was just comfort nursing by the end and I didn't it. So help?

[Deleted User] · April 2014

Sudafed, the 12 hour kind that you have to sign for

KateJuly2013 · April 2014

I would let her nurse for just a minute or two, just to relieve the pressure.

sparkymcgeee · April 2014

Okay. I just let him nurse for a minute or two on each side while I was doing the bedtime thing with Elizabeth. It helped with the pressure so hopefully I don't have to do it many more times. Thanks ladies. Ncchnat, I tried cabbage with Eliza when I tried to wean at 12 months. We went out of town for our anniversary and I thought it was the perfect time since she couldn't nurse and I had made my goal. I bawled and my body was not at all ready. The cabbage did not work for me. I was just engorged for two days.

[Deleted User] · April 2014

When I stopped pumping. I pumped less and less each time until I was not pumping at all. When I started to get uncomfortable I hand expressed just to take the edge off. After a few days I was done.