Well ds is nearly a year old and I think I am ready to stop bf. I'm proud to have got to a year, and I want to be able to start losing weight now, as I have a good few stone to lose and I know from experience that weight will not shift until I've stopped feeding. I fed dd for 10 months and I went cold turkey, just completely stopped. She was at nursery and was having bottles of expressed milk, so it wasn't too difficult for her but I ended up in quite a bit of pain and had to force myself not to express to ease it. Ds has been with mil since last night and has only just come back. I sent him with bottles of formula, which he had no problem taking. But my boobs are about to explode Surely if I express, it will just mean even more milk is produced. Is mastitis inevitable?? Should I get some antibiotics just in case? Or should I try and cut down on bfs over a couple of weeks and subsitute with milk from a cup?