Stopping Breast Milk | Control Lactation in Breastfeeding Mother

Question:

I had my last child in May of 2006. I nursed my daughter for approx 5 months. Here we are 3 years later and I am still lactating! I have tried everything from binding my breast, to putting cabbage leaves in my bra and everything in between. I have been to now 3 doctors and all hormone tests are normal. It’s to the point that my breast ache. Any insight you can give would be great!

Answer:

Many women lactate for more than a year, but as in your case it is 3 years after the delivery.

As your entire hormone tests are normal, the best way is to take some home remedy to stop lactation. Since you have used cabbage leaf, here are some tips which may help you.

Stop Breast Milk

• You pump the breast milk, but not to the full extent, let the signal reach the brain that your child does not need the milk as much as it is supplying. Do this regularly to see that the milk gets reduced drastically.
• Avoid stimulation of the nipples.
• Drink herbal tea with sage in it, it helps in drying up the milk.
• Drink water liberally, it helps to dry the breast milk.
• Red meat and spicy food also reduce breast milk.
• Eating peppermint and spearmint is also found to reduce milk production.

You can try few of the above methods to stop breast milk.

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