I would say that this mother needs Jack Newman MD's all purpose nipple
ointment, assessment for yeast infection, and assessment for tongue tie.
Kathleen

At 09:08 AM 05/14/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Today, things are worse.  Both nipples have fissures around the base
>(stripes across nipple tips are healing).  Feeding is painful even with
>the shield, and mom notes nipples are still wedge-shaped after baby comes
>off.  Also she weighed baby Saturday and today, and he has lost 2 oz.
>(milk was coming in when I left Friday, mom reports highest fullness
>Sunday).  We are considering a couple days of pumping to let her nipples
>heal.
>
>Obviously, this is a latch problem, but with >10 years experience as an
>LC, I am stumped.  Please help.
>
>Thanks much to all--
>Martha Johnson RN IBCLC


Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC co-owner Lactnet, Indep. Consultant
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