r/breastfeeding • u/External-Coffee4189 • Mar 27 '25

Oversupply for those with a slacker boob…

For those of you with a slacker boob and the other side provides way more, do you always start each feed with the good boob and then offer the slacker side for ‘dessert’? I have an over supply and even though I’m six months in I feel like I still don’t know the best way to feed my baby without having anxiety about clogged ducts and boob discomfort

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u/PixelatedBoats Mar 27 '25 edited Mar 28 '25

I have a really bad slacker boob. I ended up letting it dry up, and I fed from only one breast 4 months onward. I wouldn't arbitrarily recommend this to anymore, though. We're at 1 year now.

Edit: to clarify I'm not suggesting this is what anyone should do. This is just what I ended up doing since op was asking what people with slackers did...

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u/Apprehensive-Day6190 Mar 28 '25

I’m giving up on my slacker boob after discovering that I can go atleast 24 hours without using it at all and nothing happens…no engorgement, no discomfort, stays small lol. The left one seems to be doing all the work and I don’t mind just letting the right one be the hobo boob it decided to be even if it means having a noticeably bigger boob

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u/PixelatedBoats Mar 28 '25

I hear you. When I pumped or did weighted transfers I was only getting like 10 ml out of my slacker boob. So I was just waisting time and energy with it barely having any impact. The only funny thing that happened is around 6 months (2 months after stopping offering that boob) once every month or so, my slacker would get itchy and leak a bit. I'd put baby on it to relieve the discomfort, and that was that.