Niagra Falls (from My Boobs!) Posted: 03-19-06 23:27pm
My milk just started coming in tonight. I
knew it was going to because I woke up and
my boobs were huge! I am not breast
feeding (obviously) so do any of you
ladies know what I can do to dry them up
faster? My doctor told me not to let the
warm water run on them in the shower, so
i've been trying my best not to....Kinda
hard tho. She said to wear a bra with
good support and wear it 24/7. She said
to ice them but I think she meant for
pain, but so far it's not painful...But
would ice help dry them up any faster?
Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I
feel like a cow in dire need of milking!
Lol
oh...Btw, niagra falls was a slight
exageration.
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Sunflower_pie81
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Posted: 03-20-06 09:10am
God I know what you are feeling.....I went
thru that last time when I didn't have a
baby to feed. (i cant' wait to try to
breast feed this time) (note: try.) the
nurses in the hospital were so kind and
sweet they brought me cabbage leaves and
it did help reduce the swelling...And the
pain. After like 4 days of not being
able to release the milk my breasts hurt
sooo badly. And the cabbage leaves were
so wonderful felt soo good. They say
that it should help in drying it up....But
I dont' know. It was a good two weeks of
hard engordged breasts that I couldnt'
even touch...But I would let the hot water
run on my breast...They would leak and
release some of the milk......And that
wwas nice. So I cheated.
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diamondsz
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Posted: 03-20-06 10:22am
Sports bra and cabbage leaves work
wonders, its just a waiting game, I dont
why ur dr said not to go under warm water
it doesnt help prduce milk(its baby
sucking that gets ur milk going...
If your not sore yet wait a day and btw
when other kids cry your more than likely
to leak, it sucks but its life good luck!!
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Sunflower_pie81
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Posted: 03-20-06 10:29am
The dr told me no to go under warm water
because it causes your breast to release
the milk and causes you to reproduce more.
And the more you produce the longer you
may have large engorged breasts. I did
it because my breasts hurt so badly, and
let my enphasize badly....And whenever I
heard a baby cry my breasts would leak and
pour and soak my shirt.
My husband and I went to walmart soon
after I got out of the hospital and this
lady's baby started crying and my little
breast pads filled up and my shirt was
dripping wet we had to leave before
getting what we needed. That was my most
embarrising story ever.
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diamondsz
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Posted: 03-20-06 10:34am
Another idea is padded bra with breast
pads, I never leaked that bad I had a
close call with elisa but I only breafedt
my son for a day took about a week for my
boobs to stop producing for both
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