>After breastfeeding or pumping, she should irrigate
>the wounds with a normal saline solution.  She can mix a bowl of warm >water
>with a little salt in it and dip and swish, or put the saline solution in a
>squeeze bottle and squirt clean.  

Barbara, thank you for this suggestion. I now recall how good it felt for my own soreness to go for a swim in the ocean in those early weeks.  

Regards,

Mirine Dye, CCE, CD
Childbirth and Lactation Educator in the Fab Fla Keys
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