https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:03:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-for-milk-to-dry-up#post-231165 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:12:57 +0000 Mrsbells 231165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow how do you deal with the engorgement, I think I would give in and pump after 24 hours. Currently I go 9 hours without pumping on the week day and it feels awful towards the end, the only thing that keeps me going is knowing I will get to pump eventually. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-for-milk-to-dry-up#post-231163 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:12:11 +0000 kokobee 231163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think mine took about a week or two. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-for-milk-to-dry-up#post-231161 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:11:13 +0000 LivsMama 231161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skibobrown: You can try peppermint sage tea. Earth Mama Angel Baby makes one called No More Milk tea. Sage is supposed to stop milk production </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-for-milk-to-dry-up#post-231150 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:02:07 +0000 Honeybee 231150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With both kids, I continued to leak for a couple months after the initial engorgement period. My engorgement was really bad for like one day, then my production slowly decreased for about a month, but I still leaked (and had to wear nursing pads) for another 4-5 weeks after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-for-milk-to-dry-up#post-231069 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:17:09 +0000 purrpletulips 231069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Congratulations on making it 3 months despite your supply struggles. Unfortunately I never leaked beyond the first couple of weeks so I don't really know how long it took because when I stopped I was down to only nursing once a day (at night).<br /> @Goldilocks1107: you may never get back to your pre-pregnancy size. After I stopped BF I stayed a both a cup and band size bigger. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-for-milk-to-dry-up#post-230443 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:00:38 +0000 skibobrown 230443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erwoo: Yeah, I was slowly tapering off at the end b/c DD was showing much less interest in BF-ing once she figured out that most of her food was coming from her formula bottle... and yet still I leak! It sounds like maybe I'll dry up completely in the next week or so... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-for-milk-to-dry-up#post-230348 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:02:31 +0000 erwoo 230348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I slowly nursed my son less and less in a span of a month's time so I think that helped but I'd say about 2 weeks for me too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-for-milk-to-dry-up#post-230326 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:59:01 +0000 Mrs. Bee 230326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took about 2 weeks but I was 9 months pp. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-for-milk-to-dry-up#post-230320 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:51:12 +0000 Goldilocks1107 230320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I stopped pumping, it took about 2-3 weeks for me to completely stop leaking. It's over a month later and I'm still waiting for my boobs to get back to their pre-pregnancy size though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-for-milk-to-dry-up#post-230308 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 14:23:54 +0000 skibobrown 230308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I entirely stopped breastfeeding a couple of weeks ago after going back to work. I had originally planned on EBF for a full year, but unfortunately my body didn't cooperate. I experienced extremely low supply all along, and had to supplement heavily with formula. Because I produced such a tiny amount of breastmilk, I decided that it wouldn't be worth it to pump when I went back to work. We made it to 3 months w/ breastfeeding plus formula supplementation, but then I stopped breastfeeding when I returned to work.</p> <p>Well... now it's a couple of weeks later, and my milk still hasn't dried up. I leak throughout the day, and I still sometimes feel engorged and my breasts feel painful. I just want my milk to dry up already at this point. </p> <p>If you stopped breastfeeding at some point, how long did it take for your milk to completely dry up? </p>