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okay well cadence is a month old now and i've been pumping and bottle feeding her. I've stored up enough milk to make it to almost 3 months so I want to stop pumping now. The problem is when I get to about 6 hours my boobs are engorged again and I HAVE to pump or else i'm in pain. Then I pump 4 4oz bottles and i'm good again....but I don't want my boobs to be producing anymore milk. gah. so i'm just wondering how you all handled this problem...if any if you have... ↓
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| Name: mizzescalante | Date: May 21st, 2007 2:52 PM |
| there is something your dr can give you to dry you our. also have you herd of being able to donate your milk. my cousin told me something about it. she donates her milk. ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: May 21st, 2007 6:11 PM |
| Name: mizzescalante | Date: May 21st, 2007 6:14 PM |
| allllllllot of people donate mothers milk read up on it. its more common than you think. ↑ |
| Name: mizzescalante | Date: May 21st, 2007 6:15 PM |
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| Name: mizzescalante | Date: May 21st, 2007 6:17 PM |
| but i am guessing that if your baby was born premature and critically ill and you didnt have a breast milk supply you would decline this. breast milk is the best compared to formula when they are premature. ↑ |
| Name: mizzescalante | Date: May 21st, 2007 6:26 PM |
it also helps babies that are put up for adoption or ones that are abandond at birth.
you really think about it this is a wonderfull idea and not a ewww idea.... ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: May 21st, 2007 6:35 PM |
| i wouldnt want whits milk in my childs mouth, call e close minded or whatever u wish ↑ |
| Name: mizzescalante | Date: May 21st, 2007 6:37 PM |
| what if that was the only thing that would help your child and your child would not take formula would you just watch your son die???? ↑ |
| Name: mizzescalante | Date: May 21st, 2007 6:38 PM |
| Name: Coartney | Date: May 21st, 2007 6:46 PM |
| y dont my breasts work?? ↑ |
| Name: mizzescalante | Date: May 21st, 2007 6:48 PM |
| some women can not produce so what if you couldnt produce. i know when i gave birth i wasnt squirting out breastmilk i had to pump and feed. these babies can not suck and then how are your breast to know how much your baby can drink. they always say pumping will not increase your supply your babies sucking will. ↑ |
| Name: mizzescalante | Date: May 21st, 2007 6:49 PM |
| but if you are overflowing with bm when your child is born then thats your choice not everyone is the same. if my child was in this situation and i couldnt produce enough for her and i would do it for her. its helping your child. ↑ |
| Name: BabyDrae12 | Date: May 21st, 2007 7:35 PM |
| I agree I would use this program if my baby needed it...And I will give to this program if I have a problem with overflow of milk supply. Thanks for the info mizz. ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: May 21st, 2007 7:44 PM |
| she just said she saved up milk for cadence but she wants her supply to go away, why would she continue pumping and not give it to her own child? ↑ |
| Name: mizzescalante | Date: May 21st, 2007 7:55 PM |
| i know coartney i know how to read i just thought that mabye she would change her mind and help someone elses baby since she is able to do so. i wish i could store milk like that but i couldnt even make a 4oz bottle and that was with her sucking and pumping. ↑ |
| Name: mizzescalante | Date: May 21st, 2007 7:56 PM |
| you know alot of mothers dont know this and if everyone that was this fortunate to be able to make more milk to donate i think it would help out alot. ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: May 21st, 2007 8:20 PM |
| id do it i guess but i smoke again so im probably not supposed to lol .. but i havent been feeding for 2 weeks and i still can get 2-4 oz out of one side. ↑ |
| Name: mizzescalante | Date: May 21st, 2007 8:26 PM |
| coartney i wasnt trying to start anything people have there own beliefs and ways of living but there are babies that need breast milk and the babies mother can not produce. ↑ |
| Name: mizzescalante | Date: May 21st, 2007 8:27 PM |
| man dino would be in heaven if i could still get that much. ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: May 21st, 2007 8:27 PM |
| Name: Coartney | Date: May 21st, 2007 8:28 PM |
| well i dont feed braden it. like i said i smoke cigarettes again, and hell right now i have strept throat. im actually about to go to the store and spend 36$ on 6-1 quart cans of formula. bc braden can eat ↑ |
| Name: amminn55 | Date: May 21st, 2007 8:31 PM |
| i just quit cold turkey. worst two days of my life, but seriously, after two days, you feel so much better. i put cold washcloths on both my breasts to ease the fiery heat that would radiate from them. Also, I slept sitting up so that the pressure of laying down wouldn't hurt more. the first day/night is the worst. ↑ |
| Name: mizzescalante | Date: May 21st, 2007 8:40 PM |
| shoot yea that formula is expensive i remember i bought 10 the first time i went to the store so i didnt have to go back for a while and spent $130.00 on the powder formula. i went to target and they have the big containers for $13.99 and i got it. its like two small cans for the price of one but i noticed that xylea pooped 2 times in one day with it. not sure if it had anything to do with it but the formula was cheaper. it looked a little yellow but the formula was a target brand and not enfamil. well all in all we went and got 9 yesterday and spent $112.00 and i hope i dont have to go back for a while. but we are keeping the target brand formula just in case. ↑ |
| Name: Angelcecilia2 | Date: May 21st, 2007 10:11 PM |
| I was going to refer you to a post in the breastfeeding crowd...and I went back to see what the title was, and it was one you had posted -- my suggestion would be to follow the advice mamal gave you over there ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: May 21st, 2007 10:58 PM |
| brandiss, we buy the lactofree ready to fee din the quart cans. they're 6$ a can at walmart, i bought 8 for 40 something $. its not bad and it will last about 2 weeks. ↑ |
| Name: connie | Date: May 21st, 2007 11:10 PM |
are you going back to work? or did breast feeding not work for you?
I wish I had enought milk to pump bottles, my little man takes ever last drop ↑ |
| Name: Kyra | Date: May 22nd, 2007 12:44 AM |
This may sound totally odd and bizzarre but it works to dry up milk naturally.
Buy a head of green cabbage and put it in your fridge so that it stays cold. Then tear off leaves one at a time so they are still cup/boob shaped and crack as many of the viens in a leaf (it releases something that help dries milk up pronto) put the crumpled leaves in your bra which sounds gross but really feels good cause they are cold and ease the pain of full breast.
Anyway--I did this to dry up with two fdifferent kids and it worked in a matter of days!
Give it a try--cheap and easy!! ↑ |
| Name: Kyra | Date: May 22nd, 2007 12:46 AM |
| oh, and replace often or when you feel like you'de like new cold leaves--SERIOUSLY--works in days!! AWESOME! ↑ |
| Name: tattudemom | Date: May 22nd, 2007 1:04 AM |
| Milk will dry up within a couple of days if you slather them with Campho Phenique about four times a day. It's the camphor that does it. It's a good time of year to have it on hand for bug bites anyway, so you won't be wasting what's left. LOL I've heard of the cabbage thing. It's old timey, but this actually works much faster. ↑ |
| Name: mizzescalante | Date: May 22nd, 2007 1:56 AM |
| coartney we buy the lacto free powder and we buy like 9 or 10 and it last for 1 month. its expensive. ↑ |
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