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I would drop one session every few days. If you already have a low supply, you should be okay that way. I would also only pump to relieve fullness...so stop when the flow slows down. It took me about 2 full weeks between my last pumping session and when there was really no more milk at all. Good luck momma! Take care of you so you can take care of that precious little one! These decisions are so hard. Hugs!

How many times per day are you pumping now? I don't think the plugged ducts will be an issue unless you decrease pumping dramatically. Also do you massage while pumping? That helped me avoid plugged ducts I think.

@citymouse: I'm not sure. When my LO would drop nursing sessions at night I would still wake up to pump. But I would just pump enough that I wasn't getting engorged. That still sends signals that your breasts aren't emptying so your supply should start to decrease without dealing as much with engorgement. I only dealt with night so I'm not sure what the best strategy is for all of the sessions. But I know I'm more likely to get mastitis when I get engorged

So, just a disclaimer...by the time I stopped pumping I was only doing 4 times per day. So for me it may have worked differently...but this would be my suggestion.

Frist I would drop the middle of the night one. If you wake up and feel engorged, go ahead and pump for 5 minutes or so, but I would stop that one ASAP.

After that (when you are ready drop another) I would try to go every 3.5 hours instead of every 3. So if you wake up and pump that first time at 5:45, maybe don't pump again until 9:15, and so on. So it might look something like this.

5:45 AM
9:15 AM
12:45 PM
4:15 PM
8:00 PM
11:00 PM

Then when you are ready to drop another, space them out 4 hours, then 4.5 hours, and so on until you are done. I would give each drop 2 -3 days so that your body has time to adjust to making less. I would also make sure that when you pump you only pump until the flow slows down...For me it was about 5-8 minutes.

Again, I am only repeating what I would have done if I was in your situation. I actually stopped pumping cold turkey after 2 days of doing shorter pump sessions (only to relieve engorgement) and after that 2 days I just hand expressed in a hot shower every evening before bed. I didn't have any issues at all and my milk started decreasing after a couple uncomfortable days, and was completely gone after 2 weeks. But if I had issues with clogged ducts and mastitis this is the route I would have gone instead.

Good luck momma!!