Breast milk

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Breast milk

Asked for Female, 28 Years

Hello, wil the breast milk stop producing if stopped feeding baby, wil the breast milk dry automatically if not fed for long time or it will form milk nodules inside n causes pain? Very little milk is expressing, can it dry automatically without getting collected.

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Dr. Dhivya R

Gynecologist/Obstetrician 22 yrs exp Bangalore

If you want to stop you want to take medication

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Dr. Pratibha Aggarwal

Gynecologist/Obstetrician 35 yrs exp Chennai

Hi. If you want to stop feeding the baby please take tab to stop the milk production . That way you will have no problem .

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Dr. Gunjan Agrawal

Obstetrician 18 yrs exp Jaipur

Mostly, when you stop feeding the baby, it gets dry on its own. Sometimes initially your breasts may get engorged but if don't feed or express the milk then it becomes dry. But if your milk flow is too much and you are having severe engorgement then you may develop nodules in the breast.

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Dr. Nidhi Sharma Gynecologist/Obstetrician 23 yrs exp Chennai · Accepted Answer

Dr. Nidhi Sharma

Gynecologist/Obstetrician 23 yrs exp Chennai

Don’t stop abruptly dear

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You are get a engorged bed and cranky baby

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