Patient's question:
I just had a baby this year, and recently the baby has turned one year old. I am currently weaning the baby, but there is still some engorgement at night. If I experience engorgement at night, how should I sleep?Doctor's answer:
During the weaning period, it is indeed common for a woman's breasts to experience engorgement, but this is relatively normal, so there's no need to worry excessively. You can take some medication to relieve the engorgement, as you have now stopped breastfeeding and there's no concern about causing any developmental harm to the child. Before going to sleep at night, you can express some breast milk to reduce the feeling of engorgement. By expressing a portion of the breast milk before sleeping and taking some medication to alleviate the engorgement, you can also apply some ointment to further reduce the symptoms. The engorgement will typically subside noticeably after about two weeks.