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Teresa Pitman <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 15 Jan 2005 08:30:11 -0500
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I absolutely agree that nipple shields can be very helpful in some 
situations. I think what mothers don't like about them long term is that 
they can be annoying to use. It's harder to nurse discreetly in public, for 
example, because you have to expose your breast long enough to get the 
shield in place (sometimes with curious onlookers peering at you), rather 
than just quickly and discreetly attaching the baby. Then sometimes when the 
baby finishes, you find yourself with some milk still in the shield - so you 
don't want to just toss it back into the diaper bag, and you need to find a 
place to rinse it out (not always handy if you're sitting on a bench in the 
mall). Yes, these are minor things in the bigger picture of the 
breastfeeding relationship, but they're the kind of thing that make mothers 
really want to get rid of the shields even if they're otherwise working 
well.

Teresa Pitman
Guelph, Ontario 

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