boobs are STILL leaking millk - any idea how to make them stop//

[mad4mybaby]

when i had ds1 i breast fed for not long but i leaked for 6 months before it stopped. had ds2 4 weeks ago and havent breast fed at all and im still leaking. How can i stop it?? Been taking sage as someone told me that works but it hasnt. any ideas?? GP said few weeks after birth should have stopped. I dont want this going on for months as i want to start getting my body back to normal and really hating having to wear pads day and night! Help!!

you could always collect it in nipple shields and give it to your ds.

shells rather.

no i cant because he is on medicated milk at the moment

Mine went on for months. It stopped on it's own but it did take a long time.

And it depends, mesaloca, on why she isn't breastfeeding.

Have you tried binding your breasts? This is what midwives used to suggest in the past to suppress milk production.

I think you can get tablets from your GP - they used to be called 'salt tablets' but that was a misnomer.

what would you bind with? bandages? any idea how long for?

You use a cloth binder - a piece of sheeting would do, quite wide so the edges aren't digging into your breasts.

I've actually found a picture of a commercial one on a US site - never seen this being sold here.

here

If you do this, keep your eye on any sore bits - you don't want to end up with mastitis.

you could use lillypadz. they are like silicone rubber , flat, so discreat. they push the nipple back in a bit to stop the leaking. and go on the pill. as the hormones can stop milk production.