I was a surrogate mom, hence the reason I don't want my milk to come in, but I was wondering how long should I do the cabbage and cold compress method until I don't have to worry about it coming in anymore?
I've been doing this for 3 days now and the birth was 5 days ago. I'm sore, but it's starting to reside a bit today. I never leaked or tried to stimulate them since I've heard that it only makes it worse.
Also, would the bra size go back to what it was before or should I start looking into having to buy new ones again?
2007-03-21 14:58:36 · 3 answers · asked by Crystaline 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
The military hospital wouldn't give me the pills or the shot to dry them up. I think they said there was a study that associated them with cancer or that they weren't effective enough to give them.
2007-03-21 15:35:08 · update #1
Hard to say. Since you probably didn't produce any real milk, just colostrum, I would think it would be pretty quick. I breastfed for a year, and it took about 4 weeks. I would think with you it would be super fast, like 1 or 2 weeks tops.
And I'll bet your bra size returns back to what it was before.
2007-03-21 15:04:54 · answer #1 · answered by chelebeee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of the cabbage thing! I just used a good sports bra-soft, but kept everything bound up really good. Maybe just another week? Then leave the bra off for a few hours at a time to see how you feel. Don't let the shower beat down on you in that area; it's just too stimulating if you haven't figured that out. Is this a first pregnancy? This got easier with successive pregnancies.
2007-03-21 18:11:43 · answer #2 · answered by megsmom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never heard of that. My doc gave me pills, and they did the trick quickly.
2007-03-21 15:33:24 · answer #3 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋