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How can i dry up my milk without being engorged?
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Compress & Cabbage: Wear a tight sports brra or wrap your chest with a tight ACE bandage. Compresion can help prevent engorgement. A natural remedy is to wrap with refrigerated cabbage leaves. The cold combined with chemicals in cabbage leaves can help dry up the millk supply.
Answered 1/12/2015
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Keep breasts bound: Use cabbage leaves under your tight bra or binder.
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