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Our adoption journey is not complete, so I can't comment on how it all turns out. I do know it feels weird to have put so much effort into inducing lactation then all of the sudden one day you feel like it was for no reason because emom has changed her mind. I have 600 oz of milk stored and each time I get in the freezer I'm reminded of the failed adoption. We have a freezer in the garage that I'm going to move it all to so I don't have to see it so much. I know myself pretty well, so I'm pretty sure when we're finally with the baby we were meant to be with, I'll be glad I have all that milk stored and the work it took to produce the milk as well as the emotional toll it has added to our failed adoption will be worth it. As I said in my other post on the general board, I would do it again. Everyone is different, though. As for reducing lactation, I just did what I did when I weaned my bio daughter. I increased time between pumping sessions and pumped for a shorter amount of time. I was pumping 20 oz a day, so I couldn't just stop cold turkey. I ended up going from 8 to 6 to 4 sessions a day and so on until I didn't need to pump. I still feel the let down reflex when I think about a baby, which is another reminder of the failed adoption. I weaned myself off the dom as well. When I was pumping for the expected adoption, I took 30 mg dom 3 times a day. When I started weaning, I took 20mg 3 times for a few days, then 10 mg 3 times for a few days, then nothing. I agree with Neolan that when looking into breastfeeding you should consider the possible negatives. I would never tell someone they shouldn't prepare for the baby by pumping beforehand just like I would never tell someone not to get excited about the birth of their expected baby. Just think about what you are willing to handle should things not turn out the way you plan.
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