Curious about something I have heard. I breastfed my daughter but i have heard that?

Question

mothers who plan to formula feed their babies can get a shot or pill to dry up their breast milk. Is this true? Just curious to know! Thanks!

Answer 1

They used to give them one but dont anymore because the milk dries up on its own in about the same amount of time.

Answer 2

This is true, but I have heard that it is a painful experience to speed up the drying of your breast milk.

Answer 3

When I had my kids in the 80's I got the shot once and the rest of the times I got pills. When my kids had their kids, they didn't do that anymore. One of my daughters said they told her to use cabbage leaves. Never heard of that before though. Thought it sounded kind of weird. My two youngest just dried up on their own.

Answer 4

If you don't want to breasfeed you can get a prescription for a diuretic that can help speed the process of drying up the milk. I took it and it is not painful.

Answer 5

I didn't have a pill or a shot. They dried pretty quickly after delivery. Everyone is different though.

Answer 6

i don't think they do that anymore.
if your concerned about engorgement..put cabbage leaves on your breasts and wear a tight bra. obviously, you'll need to replace the leaves due to wilting. it takes a couple days to dry up, but it works

Answer 7

when I was done breast feeding my lactation consultant told me to take benadrel to help dry things up.

Answer 8

there is, but your milk will dry up on it's own

Answer 9

True. It has to be taken during labor.

Answer 10

Not anymore.