| I know that some women bind their breasts when they're ready to let their milk dry up, but that's if they do it really early on. Your body is still adjusting itself, so if you keep pumping you'll notice soon that you won't get engorged as much. Your body is still just figuring out how much milk it needs to make. If it's really a problem when you're ready to stop I think the doctor can give you medicine that makes your milk dry up. ↑ |
| You will just have to cut back slowly , ween yourself from it, give a few days-week to adjust. ↑ |
Of course I hope that you keep giving your precious one some of that golden juice but you also have to do what is right for both of you. Here are some suggestions that should help.
Weaning from the pump
By Kelly Bonyata, IBCLC
Like weaning from the breast, weaning from pumping is best done slowly. This allows milk supply to decrease slowly, without fullness or discomfort.
There are a few ways you can approach weaning from the pump:
Drop one pumping session at a time.
Try dropping one pumping session every 3-7 days. For example, drop the first session on day 1 (while pumping regularly at other sessions), the second session on day 4, the third session on day 7, etc.
Let your comfort be your guide. Many women need to transition more slowly than simply dropping a pumping session all at once. You can do this by decreasing the amount of time (or volume) you pump each day until you are no longer pumping at that session; at that point you can start decreasing pumping duration for the second session.
Gradually decrease pumping time for every pumping session at once.
Try decreasing all the pumping sessions you are dropping by two minutes every other day. For example, if you normally pump for 20 minutes at each nursing session, then on days 1&2 pump for 18 minutes, on days 3&4 pump for 16 minutes, etc. You may find that you can pick up the speed slightly, or you may need to go slower than this. Let your comfort be your guide.
Gradually increase the length of time between pumping sessions.
Instead of keeping pumping sessions at their regular times, gradually lengthen the amount of time between sessions. As usual, let your comfort be your guide. This will gradually decrease the number of pumping sessions. For example, if you normally pump every 3 hours, try pumping every 3.5 hours on days 1-3, every 4 hours on days 4-6, etc. Gradually decrease the duration of pumping sessions as you feel comfortable doing so.
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| thanks mamal. :) ive tried dropping pumps but my boobs just make more milk and i dont think they will ever STOP! :( grrr. so im going to try quitting cold turkey and i've made it almost 12 hours so far....and im about ready to cry. maybe take some vicoden and pass out. grr ↑ |
