Stopping breast feeding :-(

[dribbleface]

have made the difficult decision that breast feeding isn't working out. various reasons which i won't bore you with. for the last 2 weeks he's been fed expressed breast milk and is now on formula (from today but built up over last week or so). I've been expressing tiny amounts today after cutting down the number of times I've been expressing to 3 x day. what shall i do now? just stop expressing and deal with the pain? or shall i just express less and less each day until supply dwindle? help needed! thanks

I'd try to express as little as you can, as obviously it will continue to stimulate supply....but you might still need to express a bit and gradually reduce the expressing to best deal with the pain

thanks that's what i was thinking, currently expressing just enough to make it bearable and taken pain killer's. just waiting for the moodiness to hit, i was very low last time i stopped. feel sad but know it's the right decision. x

Hello dribbleface, just PMed you, take care xx M