How many days does it take to completely stop breastfeeding?

Newborns are generally fed with breast milk after birth, which has the highest nutritional value. Breast milk usually needs to be weaned after about one year. Many babies cannot distinguish between day and night in the first few months after birth, and they need to drink milk when they are hungry while sleeping. So, how many days after weaning will it take to completely stop breastfeeding?

How many days after weaning can you completely stop breastfeeding?

Nowadays, hospitals no longer recommend mothers to take milk-reducing drugs or injections to reduce milk production, but believe that natural milk-reducing methods are the main method. Generally speaking, it takes a mother a few days to a week to completely reduce her milk production.

In the process of weaning, some mothers do not drink nourishing soup, but blindly adopt the so-called "strong weaning method", and even use a towel to tightly tie the chest and seal the nipples with tape. This obviously violates the physiological laws and is likely to cause breast pain. Therefore, weaning must be done scientifically. In addition, weaning is not only a matter for mother and baby. In this process, the father also plays a leading role. For example, before weaning, the father or family coaxes the baby to sleep, and the mother stays away for a while, and then tries to encourage the baby to drink more milk and so on.

After weaning their children, milk withdrawal is indeed a headache for mothers. Not to mention the swelling and pain, the baby keeps crying for milk, which is a challenge both mentally and physically. When seeing the baby crying or feeling painful and uncomfortable, many mothers want to temporarily get rid of the desire to feed the baby, or use milk-suppressing drugs, but all of these are not feasible. If you want to speed up the weaning process, the following ingredients are helpful.

Methods of weaning

1. Natural weaning:

If the mother has been breastfeeding her baby for 10 months to 1 year and can wean her baby normally, generally speaking, it is best to choose natural weaning, and the success rate is relatively high, which is good for both the mother and the baby.

(1) Gradually reduce the frequency of breastfeeding: If the breast milk is not too much, mothers can choose to gradually reduce the frequency of breastfeeding for the baby. By reducing the frequency of breastfeeding, the amount of milk secreted will decrease and the milk will go back.

(2) Prolong the interval between breastfeeding: Gradually prolong the interval between each breastfeeding, allowing the baby to gradually adapt, allowing the breasts to gradually adapt, and gradually reducing the secretion of milk, which is very helpful for weaning.

(3) Reduce the duration of breastfeeding: The duration of breastfeeding each time does not need to be too long, and can be reduced gradually. In this way, the reduction of the baby's sucking stimulation will naturally reduce the amount of milk secretion.

(4) Reduce high-protein intake: Mothers should pay attention to eating less juice and milk-producing foods, and must be careful not to eat fish, beef and other foods rich in protein. Drink less porridge, less water, and eat some light dishes to achieve the actual effect of reducing milk secretion.

(5) Wear tighter clothes: When weaning your baby, the mother can throw away the loose clothes and put on tighter clothes and underwear. The squeezing of the clothes can reduce the secretion of milk and help with milk withdrawal.

2. Manual weaning:

Although artificial weaning is not the best method, if the mother needs to wean her baby after less than 10 months of breastfeeding due to various diseases or special reasons, and natural methods of weaning are not effective, the mother can consider artificial weaning.

(1) Oral or external use of Chinese herbal medicines to stop breastfeeding: for example, 120g of roasted malt, boiled in water, taken warm in three doses; or a bowl of soybean milk, with a small amount of sugar; or first suck out the milk, use 50-60g of saltpeter, put it in a tea bag, apply it to the breasts, and replace it immediately after deliquescing, 3-4 times a day.

(2) Oral or intramuscular injection of female hormone drugs: such as oral administration of ethinyl estradiol, 5 mg each time, 3 times a day, for 3-5 days; or intramuscular injection of estradiol benzoate, 2 mg each time, 2 times a day, for 3-5 days.

(3) Find a lactation consultant: When inducing milk production, find a lactation consultant. When weaning, you can also find a professional lactation consultant to perform professional massage to help weaning.

Although mothers who secrete too much milk can choose to take medicine or injections to achieve the effect of weaning, it is best not to use injections unless it comes to the point where it is absolutely necessary to take medicine or injections. Because the medicine may damage the mammary glands, causing them to shrink, which will affect the milk production during pregnancy.