weaning engorgement HELP

[mandapanda18]

So I thought I would be good, we have only been night nursing for about 2.5 months (one feed, before bed). I was trying to have him take the lead in weaning, well at 15 months old he did (yeah!). I think it has to do with his throat hurting (possibly has HFM after our dr's visit), but anyhow... I am miserable. I have gone two nights without feeding him so far, hand expressed just a tiny amount last night in the shower, woke up in pain at 3 am.

I took motrin and iced my boobs.

I slept in a sports bra, as soon as I took it off, my allstar producer leaked a bit... Now what?  

I bought sudafed pe, I took one yesterday morning and one last night, should i be taking more? 

Does the cabbage thing really work?

TIA for any help/advice!

[AmyRI]

I have no personal experience, but a trustworthy friend did say cabbage works. I'd take the sudafed as directed, most are every 6 hours I think.

Mostly you're doing everything right, and it just takes a few days to a week for your body to get the message.

[Deleted]

Cabbage leaves are just boob shaped ice packs. People are weirdly superstitious about the cabbage.

It should get better soon. I don't think you want Sudafed PE, you want the real behind-the-counter-make-crystal-meth stuff.

[soozy87]

The cabbage thing really did work for me.

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I think you want the real sudafed not the pe stuff. Otherwise you are doing all the right things. It just takes time.

[mandapanda18]

Oct 2, 2014 11:15:36 GMT -5 @awinter said:

I think you want the real sudafed not the pe stuff. Otherwise you are doing all the right things. It just takes time.

I bought the one behind the counter, but it says PE ?

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Oct 2, 2014 11:24:43 GMT -5 mandapanda18 said:

Oct 2, 2014 11:15:36 GMT -5 @awinter said:

I think you want the real sudafed not the pe stuff. Otherwise you are doing all the right things. It just takes time.

I bought the one behind the counter, but it says PE ?

I think you want the regular non PE one. A lot of states make you show your license for it now due to all the meth cooking.

[mandapanda18]

Oct 2, 2014 11:27:35 GMT -5 @awinter said:

Oct 2, 2014 11:24:43 GMT -5 mandapanda18 said:

I bought the one behind the counter, but it says PE ?

I think you want the regular non PE one. A lot of states make you show your license for it now due to all the meth cooking.

lol, thanks! I didn't have to show my ID... I will go to rite aid at lunch

[formerlyllizzyb]

Oct 2, 2014 11:07:53 GMT -5 soozy87 said:

The cabbage thing really did work for me.

same

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Oct 2, 2014 11:52:49 GMT -5 TamiTaylor said:

Is it weird that I can still make milk from my right boob even after weaning in May? @tokenhoser

Not weird. The body makes milk FOREVER once you get it started.

[mandapanda18]

Oct 2, 2014 12:02:20 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

Oct 2, 2014 11:52:49 GMT -5 TamiTaylor said:

Is it weird that I can still make milk from my right boob even after weaning in May? @tokenhoser

I weaned in May too, and I JUST stopped being able to get anything out of my left.

WTF? Am I ever going to get my body back? lol!!

So when did you buy new bras? a couple of months out?

[Deleted]

DS weaned himself at 23 months. I had always had an ample supply, so I was uncomfortable afterwards. I followed Kelly Mom's recipe for sage tea to stop lactation, and it helped a LOT.

[dcn]

I weaned in January and still get a little milk when I squeeze. My boobs are back to normal. Well, even smaller than they were pre baby.

[mandapanda18]

Oct 2, 2014 14:19:02 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

Oct 2, 2014 14:14:37 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

My boobs went back to normal size right away. Again, though, I wasn't making milk for long. I did, however, make A LOT of it after I had Joanna (I was exclusively pumping), and they still went back to normal size right after I weaned.

Mine are doing this:

my left one has already done this... it is my right that is trying to kill me right now!

[Deleted]

This has been me the past couple of weeks. It took one boob about 8 or 9 days to finally stop. I just kept hand expressing a little in the shower, taking sudafed, and whining about it on here until it finally stopped. Good luck, it's so uncomfortable!