What does it feel like to wean off breast milk?

Many breastfeeding mothers need to stop breastfeeding when their children are about to be weaned. Normal weaning does not cause much pain to the body. Artificial weaning may easily lead to breast tenderness and cause certain damage to the mammary glands, which may easily lead to mastitis or breast hyperplasia.

What does it feel like to wean off breast milk?

There will be no feeling when milk is naturally weaned during breastfeeding. However, if the milk is weaned artificially, the breasts will feel swollen and painful, and the nipples will feel irritated and itchy. If you feel that the milk has not completely disappeared and your breasts are very swollen during the weaning process, you can use ice to relieve the pain. If you want to stop breastfeeding as quickly as possible, you must insist on not letting your baby suck, regardless of whether your baby needs milk or not. During this period, you can prepare more edible food for your baby, which can also relieve the pressure of the mother when she is weaning. However, after weaning, there may be lumps in the breasts, which is a normal reaction. You can make the lumps disappear by massaging them every day.

The main purpose of weaning the baby is to wean the baby. During the process, the body may feel a lot of discomfort.

Cause Analysis

[Breast pain] If you use artificial weaning method, because the secretion of milk will not be stopped immediately, the large amount of milk accumulated in the breast will cause breast soreness and swelling, and the nipples will also feel very uncomfortable.

[Breast atrophy] Due to the short weaning period, the breasts will shrink in a short period of time, and the mother will also feel guilty about not being able to breastfeed her child.

Precautions

When weaning, you must be careful to stop the baby from drinking milk regardless of whether the baby needs milk or not. Only in this way can weaning be successful. Repeating this over and over again is harmful to both the child and the mother.

When you are angry and your milk is dried up, your breasts will often become swollen. Although your breasts appear swollen, the amount of milk is very little. Being angry is very detrimental to milk secretion, and it can also cause the existing milk to be held back. Moreover, when people are angry, they will secrete some toxins. These bad substances are likely to enter the breast milk, which will have a bad effect on the baby after sucking. Therefore, during the breastfeeding period, mothers are advised not to get angry, control their emotions, and maintain an optimistic and positive attitude. At the same time, family members should pay more attention to the mother and not make her angry.