Trying to Stop Breastfeeding - Round Rock,TX

What I understand is that amount of milk produced is based on "demand" not on how much you are drinking water (or whatever). The less your baby breastfeeds, the less the supply (although, this is so unique to each individual).

Strangely, trying to breastfeed less by offering to nurse less can lead to plugged up milk ducts. That can be painful but can lead, easily, to an infection -- which you would want very much to avoid!

Pumping has a weaker sucking action than your baby's. This means 1) that it might be harder to "empty" enough so you don't feel the unpleasantness of being engorged and also means 2) that your body is getting the message of less demand.

I have heard quite a few ladies proclaim lots of help from cabbage leaves. Hope they help you.

You can get very good advice and counseling from a local lactation consultant. Your ob/gen doctor may have a reference to someone or may even have such a consultant on staff. I'm talking about someone accredited by the Board of Medicine and, often, is a nurse.

Good luck!

Just FYI, if you need support for getting your workplace to be more pumping friendly I can send you some resources. It is important that women push for changes in workplace policies. No one should have to stop due to the need to earn a living!

You might also consider nursing when you are home. Your supply will drop, but it might save you money and make the transition easier to do it gradually. You could cut back on pumping, and then slowly stop pumping altogether.

I stopped when my kids were much older (around 2) so my supply was lower, but for engorgement, and cutting supply (I had oversupply issues)I swear by cabbage leaves. Place them inside your bra, preferably cold from the fridge. When they get wilted, replace them.

Hope things are better by now. Besides cabbage leaves, I hear Sudafed dries you up pretty quickly, too. Good luck!

Cabbage leaves will help dry you up. There is also a cream you can get from some pharmacies call Cabo cream. It has cabbage leaves in it to help dry you up or decrease being engorged.