Patient's question:
I am a 24-year-old woman, and I have been breastfeeding my child since birth. My milk supply was already not very abundant, so I pay close attention to my diet to avoid the risk of milk regression. Therefore, I would like to understand how to stop breastfeeding after giving birth.Doctor's answer:
Usually, when a baby suckles the nipple by putting it in the mouth, the body is stimulated to produce milk. If you don't want to breastfeed, you can cut off the stimulation to the nipple, and the body will know that it no longer needs to produce milk, thus increasing the evolution of milk and stopping breastfeeding. If you need to wean immediately for other reasons, you need to use medication for the treatment. Western medicine generally uses estrogen drugs.