Need advice! I plan to stop pumping in a month or two. I have such a over supply of milk, and such a…
Need advice!
I plan to stop pumping in a month or two. I have such a over supply of milk, and such a fast let down, that my baby gets very frustrated, and will spit up a lot of she gets too much, to fast.
I've been pumping and breastfeeding, and as long as I can pump it's fine..: but if I'm not able to pump, my baby suffers.
Example, we just lost our power from the hurricane...
And if I didn't have a battery powered plug to hook up to my pump, my baby would refuse to eat basically...
So my question is, how do I go about weaning my boobs from my pump???
missing238user·
Мама двоих (младенец)
cut back on pumping slowly if you do it to fast you'll get mastitis
Keara 🌻·
Мама дочки-младенца
Ok. I only pump 2-3 times a day. I'm terrified of getting Mastitis. And I probably would get it with how much milk I've been getting. I get like 20oz a day from pumping alone.
Jennifer·
Мама сына-младенца
slowly cut out one session a day. I was producing a massive amount of milk. I started cutting back. I'm down to 2 times a day and no pain.
Valerie·
Yes, cut down slowly. Instead or decreasing pumps to start with maybe do less time. Instead of pumping to empty just pump till you're more comfortable. Like if you normal pump 30min do 20 instead. Do that for a week or so. Then try dropping a pump and still only pump till your comfortable. And see how that goes. If you still feel uncomfortable try hand expressing just till comfortable. So you don't trigger to make more milk.
Keara 🌻·
Мама дочки-младенца
@Val rocks, I only have to pump like 10 minutes to get everything out. It's comes so fast. I just feel so bad for my baby because she gets so much milk so fast, and starts coughing from it :-(
Keara 🌻·
Мама дочки-младенца
But I'll start only pumping 2 times a day now, just to take the edge off