Hi all,

The clogged nipple pore topic is very interesting to me. I once had this
condition, years ago while nursing a toddler, and it hurt like crazy. The LC
I spoke to advised me to avoid dairy products, sugar, and before and after
bf to use vinegar on the nipple. I know if I remember this exactly right. In
a day or so, maybe two? it was thankfully gone. Evidently the vinegar
disolved the calcium deposit? Since becoming a LC student, I have looked in
my scanty library of textbooks for remedies for this condition, and all I
have found was to apply warm compresses and nurse it out. For me, the
deposit was ingrained in the pore, really glued in, and I don't believe warm
compresses would've gotten rid of the plug. If anyone knows more about this,
please post so we can learn something new.

Joya Bezette
LLLL, Student LC
Southern Utah and the county fair