How long for milk to dry up?

[KellyC75]

I went cold turkey & am wondering how long milk takes to dry up?

I suppose everyone is different, but would be good to get an idea

 

[nicki01]

Am glad you posted this, as i am in the process from moving from breast to bottle! So will await answers! I am expressing a little twice a day just to ease the pressure and rock solid boobs and this way she is still getting a little breast milk! I am not emptying them tho just taking 2oz!

are you expressing or just stopped?

 

[KellyC75]

Am glad you posted this, as i am in the process from moving from breast to bottle! So will await answers! I am expressing a little twice a day just to ease the pressure and rock solid boobs and this way she is still getting a little breast milk! I am not emptying them tho just taking 2oz!

are you expressing or just stopped?

I was a total fool & went cold turkey....Agony

On painkillers & antibiotics for mastitus

Good luck to you, your doing it the right way

Lets hope we get some good/positive replys

 

[moomin_troll]

I went cold turkey when I stopped feeding Zane as it was too painful.

It took 2 months before I started to feel normal there again but saying that I never stopped leaking colostum for some reason and zanes two

 

[yourstruly10]

I quit cold turkey after 2 weeks of BF and it only took 5 days for my milk to dry up.

 

[Mrs A]

i went cold turkey 8 months ago, i took, some sudafed (the orange and red packet) as told by my hv and it dried up within the week (believe me if it dried me up it will dry anyone, i was a blinkin dairy cow!)

 

[nicki01]

Has anyone found that there baby was sick more when drinking formula? Sometimes Charlie can throw up a whole 3oz feed! she was never sick when bf?

 

[Kitten-B]

I never really got started on bfing but i did try, including some expressing for about 3-4 days. Stopped completely after that and it took about 3 weeks before the leakage stopped. Got through a lot more breast pads than I thought i'd need anyway!

Didn't find it too bad - only discomfort was about 2 days of rock hard breasts - back to not being able to sleep on my stomach again!

 

[KellyC75]

i went cold turkey 8 months ago, i took, some sudafed (the orange and red packet) as told by my hv and it dried up within the week (believe me if it dried me up it will dry anyone, i was a blinkin dairy cow!)

I heard about taking decongestant too....Have been taking Boots congestion relief....But have no idea if its helping? Mayby I should get the sudafed then As I too am a dairy cow!

Which particular one is it?

https://www.google.co.uk/images?q=s...rMWsAg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&ved=0CBAQ_AU

 

[Mrs A]

any with the most Phenylephrine hydrochloride in it, you get some with 10mg and some with 12mg, you can also get some own brand decongestants with 12mg of it in,m i know that morrisons has a cold and flu capsule with 12mg in thats like 40p!

https://www.expresschemist.co.uk/category_1358_sudafed.html

 

[Mum2BeJodi]

I'm the total opposite of you girls... my milk is drying up but I want it back Have no luck though. Good luck with your milk drying.

 

[KellyC75]

any with the most Phenylephrine hydrochloride in it, you get some with 10mg and some with 12mg, you can also get some own brand decongestants with 12mg of it in,m i know that morrisons has a cold and flu capsule with 12mg in thats like 40p!

https://www.expresschemist.co.uk/category_1358_sudafed.html

Thanks so much

Have checked & the ones I am taking do have Phenylephrine hydrochloride in them at 12mg

Not sure they are doing alot though, but will keep taking them ~ In hope

 

[PrayinForBaby]

you girls are lucky... I only BF a week and I still have problems with my milk...and she's 6 months old today! (and I dont express or anything!)