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Follow these basic steps:

• Avoiding excessive stimulation to the breasts
• Wear a comfortable, supportive bra
• Apply cold compress regularly (e.g. frozen nappies, ice packs, wet washers)
• Analgesia e.g. Panadol as directed to relieve pain and discomfort
• Avoid heat to the breasts. However, a warm shower may be comforting 
• Use breast pads to soak up leaking milk. Change them when they become wet
• Drink when you are thirsty. Cutting down fluids will not help reduce milk supply.

There are no medications to aid with suppressing milk supply. 

If you have an established milk supply, gradual weaning is recommended to avoid excessive discomfort or mastitis.  

• Gradually decrease over several days the number of times you express and the amount of milk you remove. This can be done by decreasing the length of time spent expressing while still supporting breast comfort.
• Over time, reduce the amount of milk you express each session and/or skip one expression every 3 to 4 days. 
• If your breasts become overfull, you can slow down the process and express a little more to keep yourself comfortable.
• Whenever your breasts feel too full, express a little milk. Express only enough to make you comfortable.
• When you are ready, stop expressing. You may find that you need to express once every few days towards the end.

It may take a couple of days, weeks or even longer for your milk to disappear completely.

If you have any pain or lumps in the breast you may need to decrease your supply more slowly. if your breasts begin to feel very sore, red or lumpy. These can be signs of localised breast inflammation or mastitis.

Some mothers may like to keep some of their frozen breast milk as a memento such as milk jewellery or watering a plant with breast milk.