Stopping exclusively pumping breast milk
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But also, peppermint tea will dry up your supply slowly and gradually. Sage tea will be a lot quicker and a little more final.
I have just finished breastfeeding and pumping. I exclusively breastfed for 2 and a half months and then we ran into a lot of complications which meant my supply went from an oversupply to an under supply. I pumped to try and get my supply back up and I did but she just couldn’t get the right latch and preferred a bottle. I then exclusively pumped until she hit 6 months a month ago as I wanted to push myself to my goal. I just stopped pumping, I would only pump when I felt full and I would only pump for 10 minutes max. I have only just fully dried up but it’s meant I have been able to breastfeed her a couple times before I completely dried up. It’s more emotionally hard to dry your milk up than it is physical. Make sure your 100% ready to let go of it. I have a massive Velcro baby so I couldn’t keep up with pumping, looking after her and doing the house work. It was making my mental health go down so I chose to stop in order to be happier for my baby.
Youve done amazing. Exclusive pumping is HARD. Dont feel guilty. Every drop of breastmilk youve gave baby has been beneficial. Formula doesnt cancel out the benefits of breastmilk. One of my boys eas formula fed and one was breastfed and nobody would EVER know which was which. Theres nothing wrong with switching to formula if its what you want to do. You dont have to entirely switch if you want to continue giving baby breastmilk, you could give a mix of them Or you can completely switch by slowly increasing the amount of formula u give baby xx
I had to switch to a wearable pump. And now I’m back the breastfeeding dirextly. But regardless the wearable was the only way I could function and still hold baby while pumping. I physically couldn’t pump or breastfeed my first. I barely got enough scratch to make it worthwhile and it broke my heart a million times over. Even a little bit of breastmilk over time is better than none. So anyways my point is, make sure your moma heart is absolutely ready ready ready.