Drying Up
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Topic: Drying Up
Posted By: ellasmummy
Subject: Drying Up
Date Posted: 07 April 2006 at 5:21pm
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I have decided to stop expressing and dry up. Do any of you lovely ladies out there have any tips as to how to help with this? What to do, what not to do???? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. ------------- Proud mum to Ella born 11/02/06 http://www.baby-gaga.com/"> 
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Posted By: toniellis
Date Posted: 07 April 2006 at 6:18pm
Only thing I can suggest is Cabbage Leaves. And don't laugh I'm serious!  chop them to size & tuck into your bra. My mum swears by it & she has had 4 kids. She told me she just stopped and used the cabbage leaves, oh & if she started to get sore, she expressed just enough to take the edge off. She never had any problems with mastitis or blocked ducts or anything while she was drying up. ------------- Mum to Alex (11), Blaire (10) & Erika (8) and Damien (6) Successful HWB VBA2Cs! Soon to be surrogate |
Posted By: Karysta
Date Posted: 07 April 2006 at 6:24pm
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theres a spray from natropharm milk stop its called
thats what I used lol |
Posted By: deharn
Date Posted: 07 April 2006 at 7:12pm
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I dropped a couple of feeds and then just decided one day enough was enough and pretty well went cold turkey so to speak. I found it uncomfortable for a few days but nothing like when the milk comes in.
The cabbage leaf advice is correct, they are unbelievably soothing yet very very unnattractive when you take them out!!!!   I used them when my milk came in and highly recommend keeping a cabbage in the fridge.
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Posted By: robyn
Date Posted: 08 April 2006 at 8:52pm
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I basically went cold turkey and before my milk came in and just used good old cabbage leaves, they are great. Was still a bit sore but they were so soothing and I had no problems ------------- KOBE born 19 March 2004 http://www.TickerFactory.com/"> 
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