How to suddenly stop breastfeeding without exploding!

[juniper44]

My 5 month old DD was diagnosed yesterday as being lactose intolerant. She has one bottle of formula per night, and so yesterday we swapped to soya milk. She slept through the night for the first time! Today, she has had soya milk and has been a lot happier.

I am sad about giving up breast feeding, especially so suddenly, but I know it's in her best interest as it's causing her unnecessary pain.

How do I go about stopping, when it isn't gradual? I breast fed her at lunch time to see if she was ok with the occasional feed, but she was far unhappier afterwards than when she had soya.

My boobs are getting quite full, but not yet hard. I don't want to get mastitis, but I want to get my milk to stop as soon as possible really well, no, I want a magical cure that will allow me to continue breast feeding but without hurting my baby

So... how can I stop quickly but without hurting myself?

Thanks

It doesn't take long for your milk to stop if there's no demand. If you do need to make things more comfortable, you could hand express a little bit when you're in the shower, just enough to stop the sore, full feeling.

Juniper I am delighted you spoke to your friend the solution for everything in the early days is to stop bf for some HCPs it is important you are speaking to someone who does support bf. I hope it goes well. You are just at the point when bf gets soooo easy. Once solids come on stream feeds drop and you get even more benefits. Remember to look after your own diet too though now you have to cut back.

Great! :) That sounds like a perfect compromise.

Juniper- I switched to dairy free diet and baby was much better in 48 hours with breast feeding. Watch out though there's milk put into so many foods!!