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A member asked:
Hi, if im not going to breastfeed my baby, is there any medication i can take to dry up the breastmilk?
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Not needed: Two to three decades ago they used some but the effect it was similar to just binding/not breast feeding and these had none of the medication side effects.
Answered 11/1/2017
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