Home Forums Induced Lactation aka Adoptive Breastfeeding Medical Interventions to Induce Lactation/Increase Milk Supply How to stop increasing my supply?

So the other day I pumped 20oz in one day.
I tried to sleep in a few hours and couldn't because my breasts hurt too much - they wanted pumping!

I decided that 20 oz is way more than enough to be pumping, considering we have no baby in sight and my partner is pumping about 14oz/day, as well!

I cut out the Fenugreek and then reduced my Dom to 4 tabs/day. After 3-4 days of this new protocol, and a weekend of 4-5 pumpings (instead of my usual 5-6), I'm still making 18-20 oz/day.

I've decided to not try to drain my breasts and to stop after 1-1.5oz/breast.

I don't want to lose my milk, or cause clogged ducts or anything, but I could be doing this for 6-9 more months and I can't live my life where I'm physically in pain every 2 hours if I haven't pumped!

If my milk keeps increasing, any ideas to force it to plateau? I guess I could stop the Dom entirely, but I suspect that would stop the milk.

What a great problem to have. Remember ... if you empty your breasts you will make more milk. Start cutting back how long you pump. Then drop a pumping. I would get it down to 3 pumps aday. No more than 10 minutes each. You can try stopping domperidone. See how that goes

Hi KIP,

Most moms in your situation begin by decreasing the domperidone. That will help. Start slowly by decreasing a pill every few days. And you can lengthen the distance between pumping sessions and not drain your breasts completely.

While you're proceeding, it's important not to do too many things at once so your breasts have time to adjust. Once your baby is in sight you will want to resume a full milk supply and that will involve a peiod of intense pumping (8 times in 24 hours) plus the domperidone. It's important for you to contact your doctor to discuss the above.

Congratulations again on a fabulous result.

Best,