Just Wondering...?!?! - Columbus,IN

Oh yes it's normal. Sometimes just hearing them cry will set them off. Cool compresses help to reduce milk supply. But warm showers will set them off.

When you have loving thoughts for your baby, you can leak milk. It's a natural reaction... that's what our breasts are made for! :)

Oh, and warm showers help milk release and the more milk that releases, the more your breast will fill back up... so if you are trying to avoid milk, try not to let any come out (unless of course you are engorged).

i wrapped ace bandages around pretty tight and wore a sports bra at the same time for about a week or so. it seemed to help.

Here is an idea, it might take longer to dry up..but it is less painful. My little sis did this. she didn't breast feed either. She would pump enough to make the pain go away. She had to do this for about a month, but it dried up and she didn't have as much discomfort or leaking. Once her body adjusted to only needing that much milk it didn't produce as much....and she just pumped less and less until no more pumping. It's almost like a hurried natural way to stop breast milk production.
Good luck...hope this helps

This is going to sound really weird, but I swear it works. If you are trying to get your milk to go away and you are swolen. Buy a head of cabbage at the store. Wash each leaf and put it in the freezer. Put a leaf on each breast and keep it in there until you need a new leaf. You'll be able to tell when. It's like your breast has cooked the cabbage. That is when you need to change it. Doing that it took 2 days for my milk to dry up. I would not wear them at night I would wear nursing pads, my husband could not stand the smell. It is pretty bad. You are literally cooking cabbage in your bra. But I swear it works. Use the cabbage until your milk dries up or until you aren't leaking anymore. I have done it and my girlfriends have sone it, and even my OB said it works. Good Luck!

Hi!! Congrats on you new baby! Go get some breast pads (with all the baby stuff at the store) to catch your leaks. As other stated, cool water in the shower and DON'T squeeze your breasts to relieve the pressure. It will just promote more milk production. It should take a week or so for the milk to dry up. Good Luck!

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try a sports bra a SNUG sports bra maybe two it helps with the pressure and as far and milk drying it as long as you don't encourage your breast to produce it should dry up pretty quickly

I think it's pretty normal. I chose not to with my newest and I leaked through my bras , shirts sweatshirts, you name it!! Also My cousin who also is a new mom leaked through a pad, her bra and a t-shirt and sweatshirt all at the same time. I leaked the most when I was asleep. Talk to your doctor if you still have concerns. I have been taking ibuprofen and wearing the cabbage leaves my daughter is almost 2 weeks old and I'm pretty well dried up.

Perfectly normal. I remember when my son was about a week old, I didnt breasfeed either, but I was sitting at the table drinking a cup of coffee talking to my mom, when I looked down to see my shirt slowly getting wetter and wetter, stuck to me...it just kind of comes out on it's own, I was so engorged it was ridiculous but my mom told me I had to let it stay that way, if I helped it come out they would just fill back up.

It took awhile to dry out if I remember correctly. And the breast pads didn't help at all; I would leak right through them. I wore a sports bra and would fold a hand towel sideways and put it across my breasts inside the bra to have something with better absorption power! Also I remember quite clearly feeling like my breasts were on fire, and they hurt (I went from a C cup to Dolly Parton size it seemed like). Sometimes I would put the towel that I stuffed my shirt with in the freezer for awhile just to get them to cool off!! It was horrible, and I felt like it was the worst part about giving birth...I had flu like symptoms and was just SO uncomfortable. I'm sure I was engorged beyond reason, but the doctors and nurses and family just kept telling me I needed to leave them alone or they wouldn't dry.

I remember that I chose not to breastfeed with my first child and I was only 19 yrs. old. I was naive and not aware that this was going to happen and one morning I woke up and my breasts were huge and milk was leaking everywhere!! I wore nursing pads for a couple days until my milk dried up and from what I have heard from other mothers there is nothing to worry about its normal! Good luck and congrats with the new baby.

i onlt wish i was so lucky to have had so much milk. i wanted to breast feed but couldn't for lack there of. but yes, it is totally normal to spring a leak. if you are wanting them to dry up, just get some breast pads for your bra until thay do. also, wear the tightest bra you can b/c they are going to hurt. your gonna feel like thier just going to pop. in about a week or so they will start to dry up. but until then it's gonna leak. good luck.
p.s. you couls always just pump it out, that way you don't have a baby stuck to you , but they are still getting the goods they need.

Yes that is totally normal. When I had my kids my milk came in about a week after they were born. I would leak too, but I would wear a tight sports bra day & night & also took cold showers (I know cold showers are awful, but they do help). Another problem I had was alot of pressure & tenderness of my breasts & even some pains, but after about a week or 2 the milk was gone & my breasts were back to normal. The other mom made a good point too, don't squeeze your breasts or it will cause more milk to produce making it even longer for it to dry up. Good luck & congratulations on your new Blessing!!

what you are going through is totally normal. your milk will naturally come in whether your are nursing or not. it takes a couple of weeks for it to dry up. you can try wearing a good supportive bra and binding your breasts really tight with an ace bandage...like 24/7 for about a week or so. you prolly get engorged and it can be painful. take some tylenol to ease the discomfort and place cold cabbage leaves on your breasts. but avoid doing anything to stimulate milk prodeuction...facing the water in the hower, pumping milk(it milk relieve the pressure ofengorgement, but it will casue your breasts to produce more milk). wear nursing pads in your bras to protect from leakage and change them often so you don't a yeast infection around your nipples. once your milk dries up, don't be surprised if you stll spring a leak every so often. i stopped nursing almost 3 months and will have spontaneuos leakling now and then.

Yes it is normal for you to still have milk even if you aren't breastfeeding. I could only get my son to do it for a little bit but i still had milk. Leaks will happen and you never know when it will happen. One trick to getting the milk to dry up is cold water when taking a shower. Cause warm water on your breasts will help keep producing more milk. I am not sure how long it will take for the milk to dry up. You can go on Webmd.com and look for information there. that site is really helpful with lots of things.