Cold compresses have been my blessing, also draining the accumulated milk with a pump (just enough to clear the breasts, so you avoid mastitis). Pump infrequently and space out, I promise that this will make it less painful and in a few days you will see the results. I have already been through EVERYTHING with this stage of breastfeeding 🥹 Sorry if my writing is confusing, English is not my first language 🥹
I haven’t pumped in about 7 months and mine just kind of naturally slowed production and has slowly dried up. I still have some dribbles if I really force it but for me it was pretty easy and painless. I just lessened the amount of times I pumped especially as I wasn’t producing as much. It was weird but cool how my body knew what to do at the right time.