Reducing oversupply through medication

[stargirl1701]

Has anyone done this? Options seem to be the pill for 4-7 days or sudafed. I'm pretty desperate. I left the house for 3 hours today and I have blocked ducts again. DD2 (7 weeks) cannot feed/drain the breast unless we are both lying down and I'm not prepared to do that in public. We went out for 3 bloody hours and here I am again.

I have emailed the BfN drugs help email address and I am awaiting a reply. I have phoned by HV - no advice. I have phoned the Infant Feeding Specialist at the regional teaching hospital and left a message.

Other than exclusive pumping, I cannot see how to resolve this.

Hi RedKites.

Things are better. I started on soya lecithin at 5000mg a day to avoid more blocked ducts. Since then there have been lots of 'clogs' coming out - on DD2's lips, tongue and my nipples. My breasts feel less engorged between feeds. I have also been using an extremely firm scissor grip just above DD2's lips on the areola. We have managed some daytime feeds in a chair, in the living room during the day! Woohoo! By the evening, she has had enough and wants to lie down to feed so we're in bed for around 7pm.

Next step...feeding in a chair outside the house! I have ordered latex nipple shields too. I realised the bottle type she was accepting from DH had a latex teat (NUK). She hasn't ever latched onto a silicone teat (we tried Medela Calma, Breastworks, Mimijumi and Yoomi).

We popped out on Thursday during her nap and I got fitted for another feeding bra in case that was an additional factor in the blocked ducts.

I am feeling so much better though. My house seems huge after living, cave like, in my bedroom for weeks! The combination of me being so poorly post natally (uterine infection, bladder infection, bulging lumbar disc and SPD) as well as this oversupply has been a huge challenge to overcome.

Thank you, and everyone else here, for all your support and advice.

I am hoping to be able to extend the block feeding time now the soya lecithin is in my system.

That's brilliant, I'm so pleased things are improving. Hopefully if you can extend the block feeding, you'll soon reduce the oversupply, but until then it sounds like you've worked out how to manage it anyway.