I was able to purchase a glass and rubber nipple shield just a few years  
ago, in Nuevo Laredo, just across the Texas-Mexican border.  It was  available in 
a little pharmacia,  still on the shelf for mothers to  purchase and use at 
the breast.  The pharmacist couldn't understand my  horror and delight at being 
able to find such a rarity (for me, anyway).
 
Kathy Parkes, BSPsy, RN, IBCLC, RLC
San Antonio, TX

Jaye  -

I saw antique nipple shields in a display case in one of the period  =
homes in the village of Old Salem, NC, settled 1766.  They looked  *just* =
like today's... but they were glass!  I can't imagine that  they worked =
well at all, but was fascinated that the shape hasn't  changed.  A lack =
of R&D?=20

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC,  LLLL  Ithaca, NY  USA
www.wiessinger.baka.com
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