I recommend to my clients that they wash their breasts and nipples however
and whenever they normally shower, but *not more than* once per day.
Around here in the winter, lots of us don't shower daily, because to do so
would be to invite itchy dry skin.

To feel like I had to wash my breasts and nipples every day when I was
otherwise clean, would send me (and many of my more back-to-nature
clients) the same message of inconvenience as being told to wash before
every feeding.  The latter I could ignore because it is obviously silly and
impossible for a demand-fed baby.  The former sounds like a reasonable
requirement, and while for many it would be fine, it's still not necessary
and I would not impose that on my clients.

This topic really made me perk up my ears, because my first thought was
that through ten years of nursing, two of those in tandem, soap didn't
touch my breasts more than once or twice a week.  They just don't get dirty
like other body parts, and a rinse to remove dry crumbs of milk was all the
attention they needed.

Lynn Carter OFS IBCLC LLLL
Missouri, USA

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