So I've been EBF my DD for 5 months now, and for various reasons I plan to gradually switch to FF from 6 months onwards.
The main reason behind this is mastitis - I constantly have rock hard, engorged, sore boobs, and had one bad bout which knocked me out for about 10 days - I'm constantly dreading it happening again.
But that's why I would love some advice about how to reduce the amount I BF. I've been told to cut down one feed a day per week - but the other day I missed one feed as my DD was spending the afternoon with my DH, and by the time of the next feed both boobs were really sore and full and this carried on for the rest of the day, until I expressed later.
Obviously if I'm trying to cut down on the number of feeds expressing will be counter productive, as it will maintain the amount of milk I'm producing, rather than reduce it.
So how can I safely reduce my supply? Ideally I'd love to carry on with the 7pmish and 7amish feeds but will go FF if I have to.
(I should add that for me, one boob = one feed, which means that even with regular feeding, the last-emptied one gets pretty full by the time it's next needed!)
Thanks in advance!