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Offline EmandLuke

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Stopping Breastfeeding-Any tips?
« on: June 11, 2008, 00:38:38 am »
Hi- I am attempting to stop breastfeeding and so far my LO has done really well with the transition.  I am the one who is having a hard time.  I have not breastfed him in a week and have been attempting to decrease my supply for the past 1 1/2 weeks.  I have been decreasing the amount I pump and have been able to extend the time in between pumping but it has been a very painful process.  I am still very engorged and am afraid I will get mastitis at this rate.  Does anyone have any tips to help my supply decrease with more comfort?
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Re: Stopping Breastfeeding-Any tips?
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2008, 06:10:28 am »
Drink sage tea. Make an infusion from fresh sage leaves and eat fresh sage. It tastes foul but it does work.
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Re: Stopping Breastfeeding-Any tips?
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2008, 06:15:42 am »
I will definitely give it a try.  I feel like nothing can be worse than the pain of the past few weeks.  Thanks for the tip!
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Re: Stopping Breastfeeding-Any tips?
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2008, 20:15:35 pm »
Hi

We stopped BFing cold turkey and I used the sage.  It must have helped as I only had really bad pain a couple of times.

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