in England
Cold Turkey
Please don’t judge, I know a lot of mum say never to go cold turkey from being ebf but I tried everything and nothing was working. I have a 10 month old son & I go back to work next week, so I left my son with my husband overnight and just went cold turkey! But now my boobs are hurting so much! Does anyone have any recommendations to help with the pain?
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Just hand express enough to stop the pain/hardness. Remember how ever much you squeeze out will be what your body registers as the "new" amount. Took me a good 6 weeks to stop producing but even now 7m pp I still have colostrum and leak sometimes but basically the smallest amount you can get away with to give you comfort x
I only breast fed for a couple of days, but I went engorged. To prevent mastitis I just pumped a little to relieve the pressure. Cabbage leaves also work apparently ☺️