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Any tips on how to best reduce supply? I am trying to wean and not have to pump at work anymore but the other day I tried not pumping and by the end of the work day I was miserable! I am worried about getting mastitis as I have had that before and that was not fun.
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@jostby I was pumping 2 times a day and now 1 time. I think maybe i will try to just pump for a shorter amount of time. My biggest problem is that my little guy is still nursing through the night. But we will work on stopping that once he is healthy. He has been fighting a respiratory bug one right after another for the last month. I don't want to wean him or stress him out too much while he is sick. Thanks for the info! I cannot wait to stop pumping, will get to finally not have to worry about what to wear so i can pump! hahaha, its the small things!
@ambercaron Hope this week went better for you! I have LOVED wearing a regular bra and not worrying about what I am wearing to work, if I can pump or not! You are right its the little things 🙂 I meant to cut the AM nursing this week but just couldn't do it, and she was sick last weekend. Thinking next week need to give it a try. Gosh it seemed so hard in the beginning starting but now seems so hard stopping! Have a great weekend!
I have tried to not pump at work but by the end of the day am engorged and in pain so i have kept pumping one time. My little guy is doing so much better drinking out of his sippy that i am hoping my supply will start to drop. He is waking up and wanting to nurse 2-3 times a night so he is working hard to keep my supply up. He is teething really bad right now so i am not pushing it too hard. Hoping April will be my month! 🙂
@ambercaron My very stubborn daughter refuses to drink milk out of a sippy or a bottle at home! She takes bottles just fine at daycare and does BM and whole milk. I have cut the daynight nursing sessions but she still refuses any milk from any source! I am lucky she sleeps through the night and that day will come for you! April will be our month 🙂
Our stubborn babies will be amazing adults someday! 🙂 this stubborn/strong will is a great trait people keep telling me.I am just so tired, 14 months of not getting a full nights rest is starting to catch up. I am sure i will miss all of this someday and since he is my last one i will cherish all of this!
@ambercaron How many times a day were you still pumping and trying to drop? I did 3x for a long time but dropping to two was pretty easy. I was nervous to go down from there. What recently worked for me is I gradually pushed back the morning pump time by 30 minutes each week for a few weeks, I work a rotating schedule with my lunch fluctuating and used that to move back the time. Along with that I cut down the time of pumping. I still pumped a 2nd time later in the afternoon but I cut down the length of pumping and made it pretty short to just relieve. Then after a few weeks of doing that I dropped that pump 2nd pump. When down to 1 pump I continued to cut down the time of it. And after actually just one week of pumping 1x a day I cut it out the next week, just last week!. I was only down to 1.5oz from that pump so it wasn't worth it anyways!
From everywhere I read they suggested slow weaning and dropping 1 pump a week. Now I need to figure out how to drop the morning nursing session. I did get a plugged duct when dropped to the 1x pumping and that was no fun. So definitely try not to cut too quick! Best of luck!