How To Decrease Breastmilk Supply?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cabbage leaves in bra

No. That will dry your supply up.

Depending on how long you leave the cabbage in. It's not all or nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop pumping if you have no room for breast milk.

How else do you expect her to feed her baby?

If her freezer is full, why not just use that?

[Anonymous]

Pump less. Gradually. Not too gradually. You dongg ty want to get mastitis, so don’t quit cold turkey.

[Anonymous]

Stop pumping! At least with the giant electric pump.

Get a single sided hand pump. Use it to stimulate a letdown and collect the initial high force flow (maybe 1 ounce worth, more or less), then put baby to breast to nurse on that side. Let baby completely drain that breast. If that means they only eat on one breast per feeding that is fine.

It won’t be that long before your baby is big enough to handle your letdown entirely on their own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stop pumping! At least with the giant electric pump.

Get a single sided hand pump. Use it to stimulate a letdown and collect the initial high force flow (maybe 1 ounce worth, more or less), then put baby to breast to nurse on that side. Let baby completely drain that breast. If that means they only eat on one breast per feeding that is fine.

It won’t be that long before your baby is big enough to handle your letdown entirely on their own.

She doesn’t nurse.

[Anonymous]

You should start off slowly with one pump and decrease the of minutes you pump. Do that by 1-2 minutes everyday until that pump is gone. Then do that for another pump. You didn’t say how many times a day you were pumping. I would aim for 4-5 times day and get the supply down to 30-40 ounces.

[Anonymous]

You could try pumping a little bit so that you're not engorged, but so that your body thinks you need to make less milk. I would go with building up a big stash so you can stop pumping at 6 months. You'll get your body back faster (I mean you'll get your body back to yourself faster) and when it feels tough you can at least tell yourself "Only X more weeks/months until I can stop."

I also had a very forceful letdown and went through the same thing with my daughter. She would choke, she would cry. It was horrible and actually, quite stressful. She preferred a bottle over my breast, so I ended up pumping a lot more than I planned to. It's hard, because everyone says the breastfeeding is such a great way to bond with your baby, but when you're spraying them with breastmilk and they are choking/crying it does not feel that way at all.

[Anonymous]

Check Kellymom. I remember a post on this topic. Or try the Breastfeeding Center. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You could try pumping a little bit so that you're not engorged, but so that your body thinks you need to make less milk. I would go with building up a big stash so you can stop pumping at 6 months. You'll get your body back faster (I mean you'll get your body back to yourself faster) and when it feels tough you can at least tell yourself "Only X more weeks/months until I can stop."

I also had a very forceful letdown and went through the same thing with my daughter. She would choke, she would cry. It was horrible and actually, quite stressful. She preferred a bottle over my breast, so I ended up pumping a lot more than I planned to. It's hard, because everyone says the breastfeeding is such a great way to bond with your baby, but when you're spraying them with breastmilk and they are choking/crying it does not feel that way at all.

OP here. I think I’m going to pump until 6 months and then stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop pumping! At least with the giant electric pump.

Get a single sided hand pump. Use it to stimulate a letdown and collect the initial high force flow (maybe 1 ounce worth, more or less), then put baby to breast to nurse on that side. Let baby completely drain that breast. If that means they only eat on one breast per feeding that is fine.

It won’t be that long before your baby is big enough to handle your letdown entirely on their own.

She doesn’t nurse.

Why not? The strong letdown issue is temporary and will be alleviated by doing the above. And nursing your baby one side at a time will ensure they are getting the fatty milk. Less pumping (only pumping to get the initial let down) and moving to nursing instead will let your body produce in sync with what baby needs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stop pumping! At least with the giant electric pump.

Get a single sided hand pump. Use it to stimulate a letdown and collect the initial high force flow (maybe 1 ounce worth, more or less), then put baby to breast to nurse on that side. Let baby completely drain that breast. If that means they only eat on one breast per feeding that is fine.

It won’t be that long before your baby is big enough to handle your letdown entirely on their own.

She doesn’t nurse.

Why not? The strong letdown issue is temporary and will be alleviated by doing the above. And nursing your baby one side at a time will ensure they are getting the fatty milk. Less pumping (only pumping to get the initial let down) and moving to nursing instead will let your body produce in sync with what baby needs

She doesn’t have to do it if she doesn’t want to. Clearly she is more comfortable pumping.