Unfortunatley Forced To Stop Breastfeeding
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I was recently hospitilized for Inflammatory Bowel Disease for a week and was on a lot of pain medicine and antibiotics that are unsafe for my baby to nurse. She is 8 months old and was an avid br___tfed baby as well as on solids. I went from nursing her several times a day to nothing! There was nothing I could do to control this and weening was out of the picture. I feel horrible for her, my family said she was fine and took the formula and the bottle like a piglet and still is, however, I am unsure of how to care for my br___ts now and make her to feel secure in my love and care for her. She has lost her comfort zone. I have been wearing tightly supportive sports bras, but am in a lot of pain and can see my milk ducts protruding from my skin! Any advice would be welcome.
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Usually you have to gradually wean, but since this cannot be the case, I would pump. Basically, use the pump and slowly cut down on the number of times a day. Pump and dump! Good Luck and hope you feel better soon!
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Only pump enough to relieve pain and pressure each time you begin to feel uncomfortable and dispose of the milk. This way you will be relieving the pain without maintaining a supply. It will gradually decrease and then stop. I'm so sorry for your discomfort and concern for your baby. I became ill with a flu while b___stfeeding my daughter. Even though the antibiotics I was taking was safe and I still b___stfed, my milk decreased. (It was a very persistent flu, required two rounds of antibiotics and took over four weeks to completely recover from.) I ended up having to supplement with formula, and my supply got lower and lower as my daughter enjoyed her newfound freedom and control with her bottle. I was heartbroken. She was happily weaning and I was a wreck over it. She was ready and I was not. Weaning can happen in many ways for different babies. Some babies adapt better than others. Yours seems to have done well. Try not to feel so bad. I understand how you feel. Good luck.
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