How to stop breastfeeding.

[Rachie1986]

An currently stopping breastfeeding. Have dropped daytime feeds (approx 10,1,4) although am still at the agony from 4-6ish stage as I'm overfull and need to feed.

Question is, how do I go about dropping the 7am feed, evening feeds, and stopping altogether without being in agony for days on end? My supply is obviously good as I'm struggling with dropping feeds and am seriously concerned how to stop altogether. I asked dr but he said they don't give anything to dry up milk duopoly anymore :-(

Can you stop a bit more gradually, or is there a medical reason why you need to stop? What age is your LO?

When I stopped at 9 months it was fairly straightforward as the DTs were drinking a bit less then.

I guess I would keep going on the evening feed for a bit longer, maybe express a bit so you are less uncomfortable if you feel overfull.

I've had to drop the day feeds as I'm back at work soon. Dd is 6months. I can take it slower and wouldn't drop any more feeds until I adjust to missing the 3 daytime fully. It's just getting me down feeling uncomfy every day, and that's with gradual dropping of a feed every few weeks. Just not sure how I will cope dropping the morning and being uncomfortable all day.. It's not helping my PND stressing about it and feeling down.

Thanks for your advice :-)

I'm in the same position - now at 4mo we're reducing feeds one by one until fully ff. So far we've swapped the 10/11ish feed and the 5pm feed. I've also found it quite uncomfortable - not so much engorged but similar to the early days when supply was being established - I feel it as an anxiety/ adrenaline feeling which makes me both hungry and emotional all the time! My husband is a bit
I can't imagine what it will be like to drop all the feeds, I'm hoping we are doing it slowly enough that DS will lose interest but I think this is wishful thinking!
It would be great to have some tips as to how to make the full transition easier.