How long will it take for my milk to dry up?

[babycat]

Have been breastfeeding DD for just over 19 months. She had reduced her feeds but wasn't keen to give up. I have gone 'cold turkey' on her as I felt she was getting too big for it and I'd had enough of it and wanted my body back .

I thought my milk would dry up in a few days but it's been over a week and I'm still leaking especially at night. Any idea how long it will take to dry up? Is there anything I can do to help it?

cabbages.
buy two, shove them in the fridge and peel leaves off periodically and line your bra with them. as often as nec - discard once they go limp
v cooling.

nb - remember to remove before shopping - soup kitchen smell wafting around with you when you warm up...

they also contain something with helps to minimise milk production, can't remember what it's called....
wear a bra and cabbage leaves at night too if you fancy.

soon be over, good luck xx

Cheers Romy7! Think I'll give the cabbage leaves a miss. I had heard of that before actually but more for painful engorgement. My breasts aren't really painful but just still leaking loads.

I am currently in your situation, boobs are so sore I'm seriously considering giving DD one feed a day again just to relieve the pressure - she still wants that anyway.

they would inhibit the milk production too...

don't knock it until you've tried it

pammi, get thee to the grocer...

I last fed the first week of May after feeding for 23 months. I still have milk , although I don't leak or anything like that - but DS had gone down to one feed a day for ages before he stopped.

After 2 weeks I still have milk so I tried feeding DD this evening and she's forgotten how - and she bit me really hard! I thought the fact that I was still producing milk was a sign I should continue but that's put paid to that idea now - ouch!

"they also contain something with helps to minimise milk production"

MWs recommended this as a way to relieve engorgement - I did it for a few days, no one ever mentioned I could have been wrecking my chances of bfing!

I breastfed my DD for 10 months. Dropped to just one feed a day and finished altogether a couple of weeks ago. The boob biting games were driving me a bit mental and I think may have been DD's way of saying she was ready to move on from breastfeeding. I'm still able to express quite a bit of milk more than two weeks later. Hoping it won't take too long to dry up.