Sore boobies!

[Laurenem]

Hi all,

My little girl is now 8 days old, and up until today I have either been breastfeeding or expressing, but because I am getting no milk and baby lost a lot of weight I have had to stop (which I am absolutely devastated about) and am now fully formula feeding her. I was just wondering how long it takes for your milk to dry up, as my boobs are so sore already?!
Thanks

Have you tried expressing a bit to relieve the engorgement and also cabbage leaves?

I've been told not to express as that will make my body think it need to produce more.

No you just (hand) express a little milk / stand under a warm shower and let the milk run a little while massaging out any lumps otherwise it will be very painful and you risk getting mastitis.

Who's told you that you have to stop breastfeeding?

Can you do a mix of bf and ff?

No ones told me I have to stop breastfeeding, it is just what's going to be best for me, as in a 24 hour period I wasn't even getting enough for one feed and it was just really getting me down. Obviously I want to do what's best for my baby, but it just wasn't working and I probably would have ended up with PND.