Patient's question:
I am three months pregnant and had a miscarriage because the baby wasn't developing properly. After the miscarriage, the doctor prescribed ethinyl estradiol to take. When I started taking it, there was no sensation in my breasts. After five days of taking the medication, when I stopped, I felt breast fullness and pain, sometimes even able to expel milk, it was really painful. The kind of help I need: What to do about breast fullness after a miscarriage?Doctor's answer:
After childbirth, due to the adjustment of hormones in the body, the brain temporarily focuses on excreting a hormone called "prolactin," which forces the body to produce milk. This is why women produce milk after giving birth—it is a normal self-regulation of the human body. Breast milk withdrawal can be implemented by drinking decoctions made from raw malt or taking vitamin B6 simultaneously. However, both methods require at least one week for the milk to gradually decrease and eventually cease. Alternatively, one can receive a milk suppression injection at the hospital, such as diethylstilbestrol, but this may cause nausea as the medication has some gastrointestinal side effects.