Is there something I can do to make my breast milk dry up quicker. I started leaking bad 4 days after having had my baby, I was beginning to think I didn't have any milk then I woke up 4 days after the birth of my baby girl with huge, engorged painful boobs and my shirt was all wet along the front. As soon as I removed my bra, they started to leak. So, I've been using nursing pads since then and was just wondering how long it takes for the milk to dry up - when can I safely stop using the nursing pads?
2007-03-01 02:38:56 · 17 answers · asked by newmommie 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
I did the cabbage trick. Just place a piece of cabbage in your bra and it only took 2-3 days to dry up. Here is a link with some info that should help.
http://www.babycenter.com/expert/baby/babybreastfeed/8921.html
2007-03-01 02:49:29 · answer #1 · answered by Mom of Three 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-17 00:33:05 · answer #2 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is hard; I did it with my third. My boobs were painful and lumpy for at least 2 months. I can't remember how long the leaking lasted. IT was never so bad that I had to wear nursing pads--that's one of the reasons I decided not to try and nurse my 3rd--it had been such a failure with the first two.
2007-03-01 03:42:21 · answer #3 · answered by toomanycommercials 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wear a sports bra, even to sleep in. It took about 3 days for me to stop leaking and then another few days for the soreness to go away. Try to not get your breasts wet in the shower, hot water will make you milk continue flowing. Take ibuprofen for the pain.
2007-03-01 03:14:17 · answer #4 · answered by Melissa J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What ever you do, (unless it's super painful), don't express the milk, that will keep your body producing. If you have to express some, just to the very leastt to releave the pressure.
I don't remember how long it took me, I started drying up ahead of when I planned, so when I decided to just let it go, I think it took a few day maybe a week or so.
2007-03-01 03:24:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I feel your pain ... mother of a 8wk old
My baby is 2mths now and my boobs just stopped leaking. The only thing you can do is to wear a GOOD support bra and keep nursing pads in. The more they are massaged (ex. baby laying/rubbing against them, hubby rubbing them) the more milk they are going to produce so the longer they will leak.
If they start to hurt to bad gat a heating pad (LOW setting only) and place it across them to help relieve some of the pain. You can also wrap your boobs with a ace bandage (over your bra) to apply pressure to them and this will help with the pain and also help support them.
But as far as HOW LONG ... it all just depends some women may lactate for months over only for a few weeks.
2007-03-01 02:56:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
youll be waiting a few more days. dont let thingstrigger them to prodeuce milk. the baby crying produces milk. something rubbing your nipples can produse milk. keep your breastes up with a regular bra and a sports bra over it to keep em tight. also breast pads. you could be all done and a month later wake up in a puddle. dont sqeeze` them or anything. your body will get the hint and stop
2007-03-01 02:50:40 · answer #7 · answered by Mrs.Vick 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well you will need to ice them off and on for about a week or 2. You can wrap them with cabbage leaves also. It will help with the swelling and slowly dry up the milk in the meantime.
2007-03-01 02:52:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It'll take a couple of weeks. I didn't breast feed either and my boobs were engorged for about a week. Cabbage leaves will help with the swelling, believe it or not!
2007-03-01 02:50:30 · answer #9 · answered by ibchupacabra 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Get an ace bandage and wrap it around your breast as tight as you can handle it and it will dry you up. I had to do that with both of my children I couldnt breastfeed my first child because of medications I was on so the nurse told me to do that and it really works. Good luck!
2007-03-01 03:11:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋