Barbie Currie wrote: Now I am going to stick my neck out and say
> that I use an infra-red light on sore nipples - they increase the blood
> supply to the nipple and promote healing - I have had mothers that have gone
> and bought their own - to be honest I have found the i/f red light very
> effective.

Nice figures you have: over 90% breastfeeding at discharge. Congrats!
I have good results with light (bright daylight or red light) as well, in
combination with fresh air circulation (and latch/position correction ofcourse).
I only start on creams/ointments if this doesn't work or in severe, bleeding
and/or very painfull cases.

> I also use lots of the purple tube.

What's in it?

>       I was watching Eddie Murphy in "Dr. Doolittle" on TV and he was
> talking to a goat and he had clutched in his hand - our famous purple tube!
> It was a mega-tube - all four teats must have been sore!

Goats have only 2, cows have 4 :-)

Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC, living in Maaseik, Belgium
http://www.users.skynet.be/eurolac
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