Stopping breast feeding

You might need to expess a little for comfort until your milk production stops maybe? Just to stop the engorgment

Relieving the pain in the shower with warm water helped me as well. I would leak a little and it would help relieve the pain.
I also, gradually reduced feeding rather than stopping completely. This helped train my body to reduce milk production.
Keep an eye on it as you can get mastitis from blocked ducts. If you are red swollen and you feel unwell go to your doctor to get it checked out.

If you stopped cold turkey yeah, youll be rock hard. Express by hand, haka or pump just to help the pain. You may end up with mastitis if you dont.

Try cabbage leaves as it dries your milk supply right up! I gradually stopped so didn’t need to try it but worth a go if it works. A lot of people swear by it x

Hi Charlotte, I'm EBF my little one (3.5months) and have struggled with breast engorgement at night time ever since he started to sleep for longer (he had a tongue tie and was cluster feeding for a while and feeding every hour and since he had the tongue division he has been feeding & sleeping better and better - he is now able to sleep 7/8h in a row). I initially had to pump 2-3 times a night, I later started to pump only once and nowadays sometimes I don't feel the need to do it at all - my point is.. it has gradually improved over time but it took me a few weeks. I would wake up in so much pain and noticing lumps, I wouldn't advise stopping all of a sudden - I saw a lactation consultant who advised me to pump/express until feeling relieved but if you notice lumps it might be better to empty them completely to avoid getting mastitis. You'll get there but it does take some time.

Sorry for the long message, hope it helps xx

you need to stop breastfeeding gradually as your body needs time to catch up! or keep hand expressing and have the time between gradually be bigger n bigger also watch out for the massive hormonal shift that comes with stopping breastfeeding!! I'd try combination feeding 1st to give yourself a bit of time and bigger gaps between the demand of a 5week old
not sure about going cold turkey on it but if it's tight and hard then you need to let it out and don't completely empty but release the most of the pressure and it's also good to keep feeding the baby the expressed milk from a bottle to help them get used to the new experience of bottle feeding! good luck ☺️