Folk ways to stop lactation and a list of drugs to quickly stop lactation

Sooner or later, the time comes when it is necessary to stop breastfeeding, and somehow you need to stop milk lactation. And here certain difficulties arise. Weaning a baby is not difficult (see how to do it simply) But how to make the milk go? Unpleasant “chewing” sensations in swollen breasts, milk-wet clothes — which women are not familiar with these sensations?

There are many ways to stop lactation. The best thing is to make this process slow, gradual, natural. This will help to avoid inflammation in the chest (and the worst - mastitis), stretch marks and sagging breasts.

Consider ways to stop lactation at home and with the help of special drugs.

Natural ways

The method of “reducing feedings”

The most ideal solution is to stop breastfeeding gradually, naturally. To do this, first reduce one feeding. As soon as the child gets used to it, remove the other, then the third. In the spaces between them, express milk, leaving each time a little milk in the chest. Let it “burn out” gradually. Do not allow strong swelling of the breasts, otherwise painful sensations are inevitable. Stop feeding your baby completely at night (see how to do it).

After a while, you will see that milk flashes in the chest become less and less. Milk itself comes in smaller quantities. This is the easiest and most natural way to reduce lactation.

Can I pull the chest?

More recently, it was believed that to stop lactation, the breast should be tightly bandaged with an elastic bandage or other bandages. There is little benefit from this, but you can hurt yourself. A tight dressing disrupts the flow of blood to the chest. Blood circulation is getting worse. How much milk has arrived, you also don’t feel. This can lead to stagnation of milk in the mammary glands, cause lactostasis and a dangerous disease such as mastitis.

Read an article about lactostasis

AND right here all about mastitis

So just put on a comfortable bra. It’s good if it is made of cotton fabric, without inserted “bones”, tight, that is, something like a corset. This, in addition, will help reduce the risk of stretch marks from overflowing breasts, and prevent sagging.

Can lactation be reduced with products?

There are simply no products that can help reduce lactation. But salty, smoked and spicy food is undesirable, because it can provoke thirst.A plentiful drink will cause a rush of milk when it has almost disappeared. Therefore, try not to use the named foods, limit the amount of liquid, exclude juicy foods.

Folk recipes

At home, herbal decoctions, primarily from diuretic herbs, help to reduce the flush of milk. These include lingonberry, bearberry, sage, parsley, basil. Their infusions help remove excess fluid from a woman’s body. This reduces the production of milk by the mammary glands.

It is not difficult to prepare an infusion of these herbs. Take two tablespoons of one of the above herbs, pour in a ceramic cup or thermos. Pour 400 ml of boiling water, close the lid. After two hours you can drink. Drink infusion instead of water. It is allowed to drink up to 6 glasses of infusion per day. Soon after you start taking it (somewhere on the fourth day), you will feel significant relief. Breasts will become softer, milk flow will decrease.

Belladonna, horsetail, jasmine, cinquefoil white, elecampane are also diuretics. They are brewed and taken exactly according to the instructions written on the package.

Well helps peppermint infusion. In addition to the diuretic, it is also a sedative. Pour 3 tablespoons of mint herb into a thermos bottle. Add two and a half glasses of boiling water. Leave for an hour, strain, drink 300 ml per day, dividing them into three doses, on an empty stomach.

Reduce and then stop lactation will help you all known herb - sage. It not only quickly blocks the production of milk, but also helps to strengthen the immunity of a woman, improving her urogenital system. Prepare a decoction from it the same way as from diuretic herbs. Take half a cup of tea three times a day. You will see the effect soon enough. After four days, the amount of milk will be significantly reduced.

If you are nervous, it is psychologically difficult for you, drink soothing herbs - mint, motherwort, valerian.

By reducing the amount of any liquid (including soups and milk), you can reduce the flow of milk.

Compresses

Of the folk methods, one can still suggest using a variety of compresses.

• Camphor compress. Take camphor oil and lubricate breasts (except nipples) every four hours for three days. Be sure to wrap it with a warm scarf or scarf. If there is a strong bursting, tingling, discomfort, take paracetamol.
• Compress of cabbage leaves. It is believed that they help to “burn” milk, make the breast softer. For a compress, take two medium cabbage leaves, refrigerate them in the refrigerator. This will increase the anti-inflammatory properties of the leaves. Roll out a little with a rolling pin or just stretch the sheets in your hands so that the juice comes out. Softened leaves attach to the breasts, carefully bandage. Keep the leaves until they fade (at least an hour). Do a compress once a day until the condition improves (usually enough weeks).
• Cold compress. If you feel chest pains, inflammation, it is recommended to make a cold compress. Take ice or a frozen product from the refrigerator that is convenient to attach to your chest. Wrap it in a towel or soft cloth. Apply to a sore chest. Keep not too long, maximum 20 minutes, so as not to get cold.

Video: How to reduce breast milk

Lactation-stopping tablets

If for some reason lactation needs to be stopped as soon as possible, and there is a lot of milk, you have to turn to official medicine. At the moment, there are many drugs and tablets that contribute to the rapid cessation of milk production by the mammary glands.They quickly gain popularity as effective means of “burning” breast milk. But among practitioners, the appropriateness of their use is still controversial.

Why can’t you take the drugs on your own?

List of popular drugs

Today, the most popular drugs to stop lactation are:

• Parlodel
• Bromustine;
• Microfollin;
• Acetomepregenol;
• Turinal;
• Norkolut;
• Orgametril;
• Dufaston;
• Primolut - nor;
• Sinestrol;
• Utrozhestan;
• Cabergoline;
• Dostinex;
• Bromkamfara.

They are made on the basis of different hormones with different concentrations. The duration of admission is also different and ranges from one to fourteen days.

The same medications are prescribed if seals are found in the mammary glands that cause painful sensations, a feeling of inflammation, that is, when all signs of mastitis are present (see links above).

A bit about taking medication

1. Take pills only when it is truly necessary.
2. Mandatory consultation of a specialist (gynecologist, pediatrician).
3. Do not exceed the dose prescribed by your doctor.
4. When taking medications, do not forget express milk to avoid inflammation.
5. If you took the medicine, and after that you feel worse, tell your doctor. He will change the dosage or prescribe another drug.
6. When taking medicines, you can’t feed your baby with your milk.
7. Gestagen-based tablets are considered less dangerous.
8. When taking medications, you can not greatly tighten the chest, so as not to provoke lactostasis or mastitis.
9. If you decide to return the baby to breastfeeding, then withstand the time required to remove the drug from your body. Then express milk from both breasts. And only then start feeding the baby.

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After stopping breastfeeding, a few drops of milk may be released when pressed. But if six or more months have passed and you find milk in your chest, then this is an occasion to immediately contact a gynecologist. The body can signal a developing disease in this way.

Upon termination of breastfeeding, a woman experiences both discomfort and pain, and worries about the baby. It was at this time that she needed the presence of the people closest to her next to her. After all, a woman needs help and support, both moral and practical.

If during the reduction of lactation you have a fever, a chest reddened, condensation appears in it, this is a sign of mastitis or lactostasis. Do not delay the visit to the gynecologist.

I repeat once again: because of the danger of side effects, do not self-medicate, consult a doctor! And if there is no strong need for the use of drugs, it is better to do without pills and use proven folk remedies.

We also read:

• Weaning the baby from the breast correctly: methods, rules, myths and what you should not do
• How to complete breastfeeding with maximum comfort?
• How to wean a baby from night feedings

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