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I do occasionally use a 10 or 12 cc, but have found the 20 works
well for most of the moms I see. Too often the smaller one
pinches. I wonder if different manufacturers have different ratios
of diameter to length for the same cc capacity?
Winnie
Virginia wrote:
> Winnie Mading wrote: I personally prefer the adapted syringe (cut
> the "business end" off a 20 cc syringe, put the plunger in from
> the opposite end, place over the nipple, withdraw the plunger a
> bit and voila-you have a handy dandy nipple everter!) or
> ....Hi,The size I've mostly used is the 10 cc syringe, though I
> keep some of both. Works well - even with a Mum with no
> discernable demarkation between areola and nipple, and amorphous
> fatty plaques on nipple and areola. For her I started with a 20
> cc inverted syringe, and then switched to a 10 cc one, once I
> could actually see where the nipple was. See:Thorley V: Inverted
> nipple with fatty plaques on areola and nipple. Breastfeeding Rev
> 1997 Nov; 5(2): 43-44.
>
> Virginia, in Brisbane
>
>
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