Hi Ann. At 06:20 PM 1/10/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Another update on the Mom with the very bad nipples. They are slowly >getting better and she continues to exclusively breastfeed with the >shield. The right nipple is healing quicker than the left and no longer >has latch on >pain. She finished the oral antibiotic and now her OB is fine with the >APNO but the new problem lies with the Pedi. >Her Pedi told her she was uncomfortable with the use of the ointments even >though the mother described how little she uses and that it goes on only >4x/day, and she has the shield that prevents much contact with the baby's >mouth and the little ointment left at that nursing. The physician is misinformed. >The Pedi suggested she >apply Vit E oil to heal the nipples. Hale advises against this. See Vit E for the reference. A dangerous practice. >Now she did not offer the mother any >references for this treatment and I told the Mom I was very uncomfortable >with Vit E even with the shield because a possible toxic build up of this Vit >in the baby. >Does any one have a good reference I could look at that supports this? >I called the Pedi and left a message. Will direct her to Dr. Newman's >articles. >Thanks, >Ann Perry RN IBCLC >Boston, MA The physician is again sacrificing breastfeeding on the altar of "ignorance," as Jack Newman MD says. Kathleen *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html