Drying up milk Think I'm done breastfeeding. I got mastitis and now am battling thrush and I keep…

I've read that you can drink sage tea for a few days and that should help dry you up/reduce your milk. Also sudafed is suppose to dry you up also.

I've heard cabbage. I let mind dry up on it's own this far in with my first. I slowly weaned off of pumping and I was fine when it finally dried up. No unbearable pain.

Im in the process of drying mine up. He cries so much thogh cuz he still wants it after he's done w his bottle. Anyways I've spaced out the feedings right now im pretty much feeding once a day and one at night. The rest is formula bottle n today we're doing better w the crying then yesterday. Good luck.

Drink sage tea, put cold cabbage in your bra to help with the pain and also I took ibprophen for the pain as well, because it was painful for a few days for me.

I drank peppermint tea and tried cabbage in the bra but that didn't work. I stopped pumping completely (did what my Dr said) and wore a sports bra 24/7. I was uncomfortable for the first few days but I'm feeling so much better now! It will be a week on Sunday and my boobs are feeling "normal".

Holly- I want to wean slowly so to avoid clogs and mastitis again- do you know if Sudafed is safe for the baby?

Crharmer- that's amazing!! Unfortunately in pretty sure it'll cause an infection with me...

Liz- how long did it take you to get to that point?

Jess- thanks!!! Bought cabbage today but can't find sage tea?? Found peppermint though

Ashley- did you still bf? Or were you an exclusive pumper? I'm nervous a bra will constrict milk flow and cause a clog. Ugh! This is hard.

Eating sage will dry it up. Also I heard benadryl will also.

I do both breastfeed and pump, but more pump than breast because my nipples would get so beat up and I use a shield. But pumping has helped me and my nipples don't bleed like they did before I started to pump. Maybe try EBP? Of course it's your choice.

I ended up finding the sage tea at a health food store. Also, I had gone down to one feeding a day before I did it to try and help.

Texacalim- a pump is not as efficient as a baby for sucking out clogs and when I was pumping and dumping for the week I was on antibiotics, I got multiple clogs. Going full time pumping will make it worse for my body ? and previously I was bfing during the day and pumping at night when I got mastitis.

If it were me I probably wouldn't feed LO milk after taking sudafed. Just to be on the safe side. Let us know how it goes and what all you're doing to dry up successfully.

Peppermint tea. 2 to 3 times a day. And dont pump as much and shorten your time each time when you do. Make sure that's what you really wanna do. I thought it was what I wanted to do and now im trying to relactate and get my supply back.