I have an daughter that will be 1 on June 28th. She has weaned herself from nursing. That is very nice. However, I don't remember how long it takes for the milk to dry up. She got to where she only ate about 10 minutes within a 24 hour period, now I just transfered her solely to a sippy cup. I have a 10 year old daughter that I only breastfed for 6 weeks, but that was too far back for me to remember. Any ideas?
I've heard it can take anywhere from a couple of weeks up to 6 months (especially if you keep checking). It took me about 4 months to completely dry up.
Hope that helps.
K.
It took me probably about a month to pretty much dry up. It has been a year and I still have an occasional drop or two. It usually isn't too bad. If it doesn't dry up within a month or so, I would give the doctor a call to get suggestions. When I stopped breastfeeding my twins, I was still producing a year later. The doctor gave me something to dry up. It was worth it to stop wearing nursing pads.
J. - it took me probably about 2 weeks total with my first born who also weaned herself around the age of 1. I had to use cabbage leaves and tightly bound my breasts in order to get them to dry up. It's different for every woman though. Hope this helps.
Good LucK! My daughter quit when she was fourteen months old and she's is almost five. And I can still express milk. Maybe I'm wierd? But it's sure been awhile for me and it's still there.
I breastfed my 10 month old for 6 weeks. It took a good month or so for me to completely dry up. But I was told to NOT stimulate my breasts at all! Don't even let water from the shower run on our breasts. Try not to touch them, any kind of stimulation can cause them to continue to produce.
Hope this helps,
M.
