On 15 Oct 2008 at 17:53, Robin Roots,Rn Ibclc wrote:

> Hello,
> I wanted to let you know that I have had very good success with badly
> inverted nipples (to the point that the tissue inside was still pinkish and had
> never touched clothing) Using a 10 or 15 or larger size syringe cutting off the
> tip after pulling back the plunger.  then turn it around put the plunger in
> backwards so the flat of the syringe is against moms skin, not where you cut
> it.  then have mom apply this over her nipples one at a time and GENTLY pull
> the plunger out a little at a time only to comfort and leave it there for as long
> as comfortable.  If you  do this several times in an hour the skin starts pulling
> out.  You can manually roll some more out.  This skin is very tender...  It may
> take a few days to get the nipple out completely, but once its out enough for
> a babe to get ahold of the breast and suckle they do the rest.

Well, apparently my nipples were worse than this mothers. I used a syringe this way when I
was pregnant. It didn't keep my nipples out, but it was very helpful in giving me the
confidence that those tiny holes on my small areola actually hid nipples. But it wouldn't do the
miracle you describe, to get the nipple out for baby to latch on, it took months of lactating for
that to happen...

But in the end (after 6 weeks of bottle feeding expressed milk), she found out how the real
thing worked and it worked out well.

Heleen Hayes
http://www.xs4all.nl/~hhayes

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