No, 'cos there isn't any.

This doctor needs to provide his patients with the evidence for his strange
instruction.

I can't think of a better way to make breastfeeding more
difficult......shopping, travelling, meeting friends for coffee and cake,
socialising...'here, can someone hold the baby for five minutes while I
find where  the public bathrooms are  in this restaurant so I can wash my
breasts, like my doctor told me.'

<eye roll>

What mother is going to take off her clothing in a public washroom and
start scrubbing away at her breasts???

And at home, who has *the time*??

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK


On 9 July 2013 16:42, Lora Elston <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I recommend to my clients that they wash their breasts/nipples with mild
> soap once a day and explain that routine washing of breasts/nipples before
> every feeding is not necessary and could cause the skin to dry and crack.
> However, a pediatrician that I work with is still instructing moms to wash
> breasts before every feeding so that the infant's saliva does not cause an
> infection. I understand that if nipple damage has occured, then care of the
> nipples may require more frequent cleansing.
> Does anyone know of any research articles that supports not washing
> breasts/nipples before every feeding?
>
> Lora Elston, BSN, RNC, IBCLC
>
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