I believe this procedure is described in the Breastfeeding Answer
Book. I have recommended its use to a few moms in the past year,
usually when they call me on a Saturday night with painfully
engorged breasts, a not-to-enthusiastic nurser, and no access to a
pump until Monday.
Rachael Hamlet
LLL Leader
On 6 Dec 2000, at 17:24, Katherine Morrison wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> So far I've gotten *eleven* responses to this post, privately, since I
> posted. Of the eleven, all were posting b/c they hadn't heard of the
> idea and thought it was pretty cool.
>
> I've actually never heard it mentioned by LLL recently. I do however,
> have a story to illustrate it quite nicely.
>
> I remember once, my mother coming down the stairs (I was in the living
> room playing at the bottom of the stairs)...she was topless and
> holding a canning or mayo quart jar on her breast.....the mouth of it
> over her nipple/areola. I do remember thinking that it was strange,
> and thinking that perhaps because she was nursing my baby brother, she
> had to keep air from touching her nipples - or something wierd like
> that.
>
> Well, when I was pregnant with alana.....2 yrs ago, I asked her about
> it. Told her what i remembered (the above) and asked her *why* she had
> a *jar* on her breast. She couldn't believe that I remembered.
> Apparently, I was only 23 months old - as this happened when my
> brother was 4 wks old. She had mastitis. It came on very suddenly.
> Incredibly painful.... It was a friday late afternoon and the dr's
> office was closed. Another nursing friend (the only other
> breastfeeding mom she knew) told her to call LLL. They gave her the
> whole typical management of plugged ducts/mastitis/breast infection
> and explained to her how to use a jar to express her milk if baby
> wasn't eating however often and after baby nursed.
>
> here's what you do.....Boil some water, pour boiling water into
> canning/mayo jar - either are strong enough to handle the heat unless
> they've previously been dropped. Just in case, do this in the sink.
> Let it sit for a few seconds, then using pot holders, pour the water
> out. As soon as the jar has cooled *just* enough to not scald the
> skin, place the opening over the nipple/arealo area.
>
> As it sits there, cooling, suction will form, breast tissue will be
> pulled into the jar, expression will start..... I did this once when
> I was really engorged and my baby had decided to take the day off (or
> at least six hours) and have a sleep 'n grow day....it really helped -
> it was amazing.
>
> katherine in atl
>
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