I started weaning and my milk supply has been slow to dry up. Any advice on what i can do?
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Compressing the breasts with a big ace bandage & cut back on your intake…
It’ll take about 2 weeks
Frozen cabbage leaves in your bra, or bags of frozen veggies in your bra.
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I was told just to wear a firm bra night an day (no movement of boobs basically). More they are touched etc the more milk comes through…
an was told to wet nappies an put in freezer an use them instead of cabbage leaves (although I used cabbage leaves with my oldest 2 daughters)… it’s been 15 weeks since I have had bubs an I didn’t breastfeed an I sometimes get a little leak now an then (took about 12 weeks to slow right down) an I went to dr an they said they will dry up in there own.
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I was pumping 60oz a day and just “cold turkey” it. Wore bra to bed and slept with a towel under me. Maybe not the best and safest way, but worked for me with no issues.
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I wore a super tight bra or sports bra and stuffed with cold cabbage leaves , mine dried up in 2 or so days
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Very tight sports bra with cabbage leaves in it.
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Wait it out. My youngest has been off the boob 2.5 years. I can still express milk.
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Cabbage leaves nice and cold
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I mixed peppermint essential oil with coconut and applied a couple times a day.
Cabbage leaves didn’t work for me.
Original altoids. Eat as much as you can stand, the more during the day the better!
Stop breastfeeding all together
A friend said putting cabbage in your bra helps.
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Take antihistamines (dristan) and wrap breasts with ace bandage.
Just stop breast feeding /pumping and they will be dried up in about a week/week and half it hurts though cause they are engorged
Don’t let the warm shower/water get on them until they are dried up!
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Naturally let them dry up without use mine dried within a week first few days hurts though
Cabbage leaves!!! Its cold and it smells weird but it works!!!
Cabbage leaves my friend who is a mother of four swears by them!
Put cold cabbage leaves in your bra
Wrap them up, lansinoh therepearl hot cold breast packs, don’t pump or express, take aspirin for pain, drink plenty of green tea, eat plenty of sage. These helped me
Cabbage leaves in your bra and Sudafed
Cabbage leaves on your boobies and well, time unfortunately
Rub spirits of camfor and bind…
My doctor told me to take Sudafed then get the cabbage leaves and crunch them and put them in your bra make sure you wear a tight bra and wrap yourself with a bandage make it as tight as you can. It’ll hurt a lot the first couple days but it’ll definitely start to feel better after the first like two days. If it hurts a lot you can express a little in the shower. I had to. Express if you have lumps cuz then you’ll get Mastitis and that will be even more painful. If you need to express them do a little bit in the shower. I never used oils so no idea on those…
My doctor prescribed a pill, and I wrapped my breasts for a couple of days. This was years ago, so pretty sure there are more options. Talk to your doctor.
Sudafed or Benadryl. Antihistamines really help.
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Super tight sports bras. Avoid the hot shower watching hitting your breasts. Cold cabbage leaves into your bra. Take Sudafed and Benadryl.
If you get engorged, pump just enough to relive the pressure so you don’t get mastitis.
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I heard cabbage leaves help… my OB told me the same thing… 
Sudafed, birth control pills, cabbage leaves, earth momma no more milk tea.
Sage and mint teas a few times a day a day don’t empty and if you must just enough to ease some but not all the pressure. Anything with a large amount of mint helps like having a altoid a few times a day can help in addition to the teas. It’s summer think iced mint tea… it’s super cooling and refreshing
Cold cabbage leaves in a sports bra. Worked for mine
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One mom told me to use halls cough drops, which actually did work well for me
Cabbage leave in your bra
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Cabbage leaves are tried&true! Put them inside your bra and watch magic!
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Place a washcloth and fresh cabbage leaf in each cup of your bra and go to sleep. Just make sure that you have time to take a shower as soon as you wake up.
Cabbage worked for me
Cold cabbage leaves. It also feels great on the engorged girls.
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Cabbage leaves in your bra.
Cabbage leaves worked for me
I’ve been told chi tea
Wrap tight with ace bandage.
Freeze cabbage leaves stick them in a bra (one that you don’t want after & can trash) let them stay for a good while! Worked wonders for me.
Sudafed 3-4 times a day
Cabbage leaves in your bra
Tight bra, little stimulation, cold packs, cold cabbage leaves
Cabbage leaves in your bra !
In Afrika, we use cabbage leaves…
drink lots of elderflower syrup and/or peppermint tea 
My mom told me to use cold cabbage it worked
Two sports bras always, no stimulation! I took showers in them and switched them out, dried up quick
Be patient, it will stop.
Wear a snug sports bra for like 2 weeks straight.
Benadryl and cold cabbage leaves shoved in a tight sports bra is the only thing that worked for me!
Frozen cabbage leaves in your bra! It dried mine up within 2 days. Smells terrible but works!
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Wrap your breast in cabbage leaves and put your bra on. You would be dried up in a couple/few days.
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Just express enough milk to be comfortable… Remember any stimulation to the breast produces milk.
Cabbage! My OB told me this & I did it after all of my kids. It works, just put it in your bra!
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Make sure to break the veins in the cabbage leaves.
My doctor wrapped a sheet around me really tight.
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Frozen cabbage leaves in your bra. As soon as they defrost, replace them with frozen ones again.
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Definitely try the cabbage as I have had lots of friends that this worked for, but if that doesn’t work make sure to get a checkup. I saw this question on another page and several of the responses were that they had a benign tumor on their pituitary gland that caused it. It was called a prolactinoma. I was surprised how common it was since I had never heard of it. Good luck!
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Theres a shot they can give you to dry it up. They did that w/ me when I had both of my kids.
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Cold cabbage leaves definitely work! My supply dried up a little over a week with using them
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Get in a hot shower and massage them for 5 minutes then when you get out put some ice cold peas on each one and let them get cold enough to be numb. The warm water and massage will tell your breasts to produce more but the cold compress will stop dit immediately therefore thoroughly confusing your body so it doesnt produce anything at all. It also gives you slight relief from all that built up pressure. After 4 days i was dry as hell man 
but i did the cold compress 4 times daily and then the shower and more cold compress aat night, i felt like i couldnt breathe the damn things grew so much 
i was sit in the shower and cry from the pain ooooff
Cold cabbage leaves in your bra. Mine dried up in less than a week!
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Sudafed. It’s what my OBGYN suggested and it worked like magic.
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Wondering the same because I’m almost due and do not plan on breastfeeding…
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I was told Benadryl and cabbage. It worked pretty well.
When I was looking for something to take for a cold, I saw people took sudafed to dru up… don’t know if it actually works though🤷‍♀️
Cold Cabbage firm against your boobs then change as they get to body temp
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I’ve heard pumping helps. Pump less every day to trick your body into thinking you need to produce less. But my milk never came in so I would recommend whatever everyone else is saying lol
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COLD Cabbage leaves, cold is key. Change then out as they warm up. I would get a big leaf cover my whole boob and then put on a sports bra to help dry it up.
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Y’all can have a problem that makes you lactate, unrelated to breastfeeding. Talk to your doctor. Google prolactinoma.
Cut out a cactus an pour out the juice from it and apply it on your breast for 2-3 days 3 times a day. It helps!
1.5 weeks. I did nothing, just stopped nursing, pumped maybe twice when engorgement was unbearable. I have though, heard cabbage leaves are a life saver.
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I took allergy medicine. I didnt intent on drying up yet but was suffering so bad from seasonal allergies. I literally dried up within 2 days 
I had milk for 4 years after I stopped breastfeeding my daughter it stopped when I got pregnant. Then I had it for 1 year after stopping my son. It only went away when I got my nipples pierced. I had tried everything even the shot from my doctor none of it worked. I still have very very little but it’s still there almost 2 years later
I used cold cabbage leaves and it took about a week to dry up.
With my first son, my milk didn’t come in for 4 days after I had him. (ER C-section). By the time it did come in, he was already on formula. My mom got a head of cabbage and I used it and a tight sports bra for about 3 days, then back to normal.
With my 2nd son, I was really engorged and actually had to go to the doctor and get medication. I only used the cabbage for 2 days, but also in the shower, I used to painfully squeezed them to the point of almost crying.
My daughter’s OB told her to put cabbage leaves in her bra to dry it up. It worked!
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I am child led breastfeeding my youngest but my oldest is 20 yrs older and my milk never completely dried up. I would even get a let down if I heard a crying baby. It will most likely take quite a while but you can always talk to OBGYN if it is bothersome.
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I was still producing 3-4 years after i stopped breastfeeding. And i hadn’t done anything to stimulate production in that time.
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I’ve heard Cold cabbage leaves. But a friend of mine told me to wear tight bras. Multiple even. So I wore a sports bra and then a regular bra and that did the trick after about a week. But my first baby I dried up within a month with no sign of why 
You can also use an ACE bandage to wrap around your chest. I did the leaves and had my mom help wrap me, lasted about 5 days or so
My first took 2years. My 2nd I got pregnant the same month I stopped nursing her so my dried up fast. 3rd I was nursing him I dried up (10months) because I got pregnant again
I was still leaking 3 years after but just in the shower
Cup of water in a disposable nappy freeze and stuff in bra and make sure it is firm and try not to touch breast the more stimulation the more it produces.nappy doesnt smell like cabbage but dries up within a couple of days both work well. As much as you can on the days while you are trying to dry up dont hold baby close to boobs.
If it’s been over a few months they will just jive you a pill to dry up
Ask your doctor if they can give you something to dry it up. My doctor gave me something after I lost my twins and after I had my youngest son in November.
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My daughter is 8 and i still produce milk not enough to where my breasts get full but if i squeeze milk will squirt. I have a prolactinoma
Still producing, haven’t breast fed in over a year
Havent nursed in 5 years and i can still get milk out.
Cabbage leaves in a tight fitting bra is what ive always been told
I used frozen cabbage to dry mine up.
My child is a year old I never breastfed and I still produce
When our babies cry it stimulates our breast milk ducts. I had same issues with my little ones