It's been 3 months since I last breast fed my daughter (who is now 4 months) but I have not seen my breast milk dry up. Has this happended to anyone else? I was thinking about talking to my doctor to get something to dry them up. Thoughts?
**(Please if you're going to make sarcastic comments or say rude things don't respond to my post. Smh!
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Birth control containing estrogen should dry you up in about 3 days. Sage tea and cabbage leaves might do the trick too.
I agree! It can take a couple of years. I stopped breast feeding when my daughter was 4 months and that was around a year ago. I still have milk. I asked my doctor about it a couple of months ago and she said it was normal. She said that it took her about three years to dry up. She also suggest the cabbage leaves like the previous poster. I haven't done anything about it though. It's not like I am leaking.
This isn't sarcastic and it isn't meant to be rude, but if you want to you could nurse her again. If she had some sort of issue with latch or something else like that, you may be able to get better support and have another go.
You can also get a breast milk pump on some insurance plans.
If that isn't an option, then you just have to suffer, unfortunately, and no, that isn't sarcastic, just the truth. Some women dry up while still trying to breastfeed, and some never do. One of my coworkers is still lactating, and her youngest is 7. She just never dried up.
My youngest is 3.5yrs old he hasn't bf since he was 18mts and I still have milk.
What was the first thing you ate after giving birth?
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on Jun. 8, 2014 at 8:00 PM