Stopping bf engorgement

[flisstebbs]

Looking for people's experiences of stopping bf. LO is 6m and almost exclusively on solids and as I am back at work I decided to quit now and did a rapid stop whilst on holiday. I stopped nearly 2 weeks ago, and had a couple of bad days, one day 3 in and then day 5 but then seemed ok. Last few days I've been painfully engorged again but there's only watery fluid coming out now. My boobs are painful, hard and lumpy.

I'm massaging them once a day and using cold/hot compresses and cabbage leaves.

How much longer does this go on for???? Is there anything else that works to reduce the discomfort?

 

[purpleslurple]

When I stopped it started to ease off then 1 week after my last feed my boobs seemed to just stall - they were painful, one was quite bumpy and I was getting a small amount of clear liquid coming out - they stayed the same for about 5 days. I decided to do a small pump - out came the clear liquid and my boobs settled right down. After that small pump, I didn't have any further engorgement. Good luck!

 

[Esperanza84]

In the end when I was bf, she only fed in the morning and evening and barely anything, so never had this. Have you tried expressing?

 

[flisstebbs]

Trying to avoid expressing as this tends to keep the supply going. I was just getting enough off when in pain, to get back to discomfort. Left boob is now the only one at it, seems to be making loads of milk now, grrrr, fed up of being sore now. And stinking of cabbage.
Ah will I ever have a sex life again???