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Question for those who breastfed initially

Hi All,

Those of you who breastfed initially and have stopped, how long was it till your milk dried up?

I have mix fed since the start but decided 2 weeks ago that it was time for me to drop the BF, LO was kind of weaning herself off anyway and I couldn't get her to feed for more than 10 mins she just kept falling asleep on me till I gave her the bottle (she had a top-up bottle at every feed since the start). She also dropped a couple of centiles and the HV suggested it may be time to drop the BF (Don't know why it was necessary to go into all that, sorry!)

So I weaned her off over a week and did my final breastfeed 9 days ago. I was surprised that I had no pain, engorgement or leaking for the first few days and was really pleased. Then 5/6 days later, hard painful boob, leaking etc. Not a lot but enough for it to bother me a bit and has been like that over the last 3/4 days. Was just 1 boob initially but now both. I find it strange that it didn't happen immediately but a few days later?

Anyway my long-winded question is, did anyone else have the same experience, and how long was it till your milk dried completely?

Thanks
xxx
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