When should milk stop coming in after giving up bf?

[EmilyBronte]

I bf my daughter until she was a year old, and stopped about three weeks ago. I'd been cutting down for quite a long time before then. But I still wake up every morning with milk, and still have milk in the evenings. I thought it should have dried up by now surely? Could it be because I am also 16 weeks pregnant? But surely milk doesn't come in until the baby's actually born, not before. It's barely enough to express but enough to make me feel sore and heavy. Is there anything I can do to dry it up?

Emily - afraid I have no answers for you but was considering starting a similar thread myself, so will watch with interest. I fed DD until she was four months and then she decided to give up DD is now one year old and I still have milk!

I would have expected it to have dried up by now but I did "feed" (just to show her) my sister's new baby briefly about 2 or 3 months after I'd stopped breastfeeding my twins and there were tiny bits of milk left. So I suppose just 3 weeks after you might get some. I don't think the new pregnancy would affect things. If anything I think your supply can get a bit less or different when you're pregnant.

With ds1 it took months and months for my milk to fully dry up, I used to leak a bit during sex for ages

Thanks all. It's good to know I'm not a complete freak! Guess it's just a matter of waiting then.

2 and a bit years on I still have milk even though I was always short of it when actually breastfeeding. when I actually needed it it wasn't there and now I don't it won't go away.

I stopped breast feeding 16 months ago now and my left boob still produces a little. I also occasionally get that "let down" feeling, a less powerful version and without the milk.

So is there anything you can do to stop it? Or do you just have to wait? 2.5 years seems a long time!

7 years.

Doesn't mean you'll leak or anything, but if you try hard you'll get the milk started again.

I gave myself mastitis showing mums how to hand express and I haven't bf the DTs for almost 2 years now.

can't say I really ever think about it. Its just there, occasionally leak a tiny bit, its very rare, usually when around babies or if my daughter is very unhappy or upset.