Dear Michelle,
Cold green cabbage leaves are one of the suggestions I give mothers for 
engorgement along with frequent milk removal, lymph and breast massage 
(ala Maya Bolman), Ibuprofen, cool between feeds, warmth before, and 
foods that help flush out edema in general. You should consider asking 
the mother if she is allergic to sulfa drugs. Cabbage is in this family. 
You do not want her to end up with a rash on her already swollen breasts!
I suggest removing the outer leaves and rinsing them before she puts 
them on her breasts. They worked for me 17 years ago and I have had many 
mothers tell me they were life savers. I have heard that not only does 
the cool feel great but that cabbage helps reduce edema which is the 
real culprit here.
Thank out,


-- 

Barbara Robertson, MA, IBCLC, RLC
The Breastfeeding Center of Ann Arbor
bfcaa.com

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