It’s a tough decision for any mother not to feed her own child. Reasons for stopping breast milk production may differ from person to person. However, sometimes, it becomes necessary to dry up breast milk supply after a certain period of time. Usually one year of lactation is sufficient for a child. Nature itself has made the scenario to suit both, the mother and the child. Milk production from breasts stops after sometime, when you stop feeding your child. After beginning the weaning process, you might feel uncomfortable and it may take some weeks and sometimes even months to stop the milk supply completely. The process is a little painful but by following the provided tips, you can improve the situation a lot.
How to Dry Up Breast Milk Supply
Given below are some tips that will provide you an answer to the question of ‘how do I stop producing breast milk’.
- When you’ve decided to stop feeding the child, prefer not pumping or expressing breast milk unless you desperately require the relief. More pumping will make your body think that your baby requires milk.
- To get a relief from pressure, swelling and pain, use cold packs or gel packs over breasts.
- Avert any kind of nipple stimulation because it can resume the milk production.
- Keep fresh green cabbage leaves over your breasts. This would gradually help dry up the breast milk supply. Place these leaves for some days and replace when they droop.
- To speed up the process of drying breast milk, have two to three cups of sage tea every day.
- To deal with the transitory pain and discomfort, you can take pain relievers.
- Drink water as often as you can, since it helps dry up the breast milk supply pretty fast.
- Don’t feed the child more than once during the weaning process.
