How To Dry Up Breast Milk

It is recommended that you breastfeed your baby for six months, and most babies at this stage will be ready to wean onto solid foods. So to gradually do this, (gradually dry up your milk) you omit one feed. As you omit the feed, a message will go to your brain that you don't need so much milk.

So your body will start gradually reducing the amount of milk that you are producing. You can gradually increase the number of feeds you skip, until your baby is off the breast all together. Because breast milk comes in supply and demand, if you demand it, your body will supply it.

So you want it to dry up, so don't express or feed your baby as often and it will gradually just diminish. So when you're in the shower, don't allow the hot water to flow on your breasts because this may stimulate the milk to kick in again. Don't let your baby feed off of more than you want to if you're trying to dry up your supply, because the supply will kick in.

Do wear a supportive bra, do look after yourself, do put cold compresses on it if they are feeling engorged or uncomfortable. You can use cabbage; green cabbage is the best. Put green cabbage into your bra, all around the breast area, and leave it in for about twenty or thirty minutes.

Take it out and re-apply as of when you need it. It is the same for cold compresses for about twenty minutes and then re-apply as of when your breasts feel uncomfortable again. You can drink sage tea, and sage apparently reduces the supply of milk, so this may help.

You need three or four cups a day. If the symptoms of milk start to refill, you do need to stop feeding and you don't want to continue breastfeeding. You do need to start using cold compresses and cabbage again, supportive, and you may take some mild pain killers or something for the discomfort if you need to.

You could also speak to your health professional, or use homemade remedies, or herbs. After your breasts are softened for about twenty four to forty eight hours, your milk is usually dried up at this stage. So, remember, the points are: don't feed your baby as often, do not express, wear a supportive bra, and use cabbage.

Sage tea is another great method. And those are my top tips for how to dry up breast milk. .