Drying Up Milk
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Topic: Drying Up Milk
Posted By: Kim
Subject: Drying Up Milk
Date Posted: 23 July 2006 at 6:59pm
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I am trying to wean Zac. At the moment his first feed in the morning is breast and the last feed is formula then a top up of breast milk. How long will it take for my milk to dry up? ------------- Zac Mark - 30.11.05 Samara Ailsa - 13.08.07 |
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Posted By: Renee & Lauren
Date Posted: 23 July 2006 at 7:20pm
| Sorry I can't help you as I bottlefed my daughter.. If you want to stop the milk coming in you can go to your dr and ask for some tablets and it stops it in 3 days! |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 23 July 2006 at 8:06pm
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Cabbage leaves apparently!!! (to help when they get full)
I just cut down on feeds gradually until I stopped at when Han was 13 months. It was fine when I was down to such a small amount of feeding. Tho... I do still have milk there, so no definitive answer as to when it'll dry up. Apparently it can take years. |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 23 July 2006 at 8:11pm
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I cut down feeds, as i went back to work, and my boobs just "settled", so I had no problems with engorgement etc. When he stopped feeding, I didn't even notice. Having said that, i heard Weleda do a powder or something natural to help, but I see you are in Saudi, so that probably dosen't help... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 23 July 2006 at 9:11pm
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We are pretty much down to that as well - Ayja only has a b/feed is she wakes during the night and her first feed of the day will be b/feed if she wakes before we get up. But the last few nights we have just been giving her bottles when she wakes at night so she is only averaging not even 1 b/feed every 2 days. I think she misses it, cos still will look hopefully down my top and go "ta?". But for milk drying up, i have no idea, it took a while for it to go after i had stopped feeding Paris ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 23 July 2006 at 9:58pm
| I never feed either baby but my milk only took a week to dry up. Well with Addy it didnt even come in for about 4 or 5 days then I had one major sore day and after that it only took a couple of days. I think I could probably get it going again if I wanted. |