Dear Cindy, It's real easy and cheap, seems pref to the old tea bag
routine, less messy.  1 cup warm water and 1/2 level tsp salt = normal
saline according to my ref.  Some people say it is 1/4 tsp.  Whatever - too
much salt stings!  Make a compress and soak with solution, put on nipple
for at least 10 min at least 4 x day. Or just put solution in a tea cup and
lean over a little and sink nipple into solution.  Moms usually report
remarkable results in 24 hours.

I found it in mid 80's one day in desperation with a mom with nasty cracks
in hosp.  My mom always used salt water soaks on everything and I thought
what the heck why not?  Next am mom wanted to kiss my feet :-)  We
gradually came to depend on it at the hospital, even printed 3x5
instruction cards.  Have since read some casual reports (don't ask me
where).  Someone told me Nursing Mothers, Philadelphia ICEA rec it years
ago.

I've never been sure if it really works or it's tincture of time and mom
feels like she is "doing" something.  But I've seen some remarkable healing
- quick.  Wonderful fertile ground for a research study.  The few times I
tried to control, moms quickly went to soaking or compressing both nipples
because of the obvivous improvement, so I don't know how to control.

Hope this helps.  I'll send it to Lactnet too.  Sincerely, Pat in SNJ

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