Carole,
       You asked why the MaterniMates recommended rinsing the breast if the
ingredients of the pad were safe.  I, too, wondered this when we had a rep at
our local ILCA affiliate a couple years ago.  The rep didn't know, so I called
the company.  I was told that the pad is perfectly safe.  The company's
concern was that any milk that had leaked since the last feeding but had not been
absorbed by the pad, had been kept in a warm, moist environment other than
inside the breast itself, so the milk on the nipple/areola might not be the safest.
 They were actually wanting the milk rinsed off before baby came to breast,
not any ingredients of the pad itself.  I found that interesting and perhaps
honest, especially in light of the mom I wrote about previously who felt the
MaterniMates did not leave a residue, but the Soothies did leave "something" that
caused water to bead up when she tried to rinse her breast.
       Dee

Dee Kassing, BS, MLS, IBCLC
Collinsville, Illinois, in central USA

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