Donna,
 
    I agree.  Nipple shields are not the evil,  latex abominations they used 
to be.  My personal preference is skin to  skin, good old fashioned 
nursing--but if the mom is definitely on the verge of  giving up altogether, I would 
prefer that she try a nipple shield.  One of  my clients was about to quit day 5. 
 Her milk had come in, and the hospital  staff had made so many attempts to 
latch the baby, that he was seriously  traumatized at breast.  All we had to do 
was start lifting moms shirt,  and the baby was into full scream.  The nipple 
shield  created enough familiarity that the baby went on with ease.  For  
whatever reason it never came off for 8 months.  I always think about this  
mother, and she is due to have a second baby soon.  To me it was better  that she 
nurse with a nipple shield for 8 months than quit at 5 days.  More  LCs need to 
embrace the nipple shield.  For some mothers it truly becomes  the difference 
between nursing and not nursing their baby.
 
 

Debbie  Albert, RN, Ph.D., LMHC, IBCLC, RLC
Tampa Lactation Counseling
Tampa,  FL 

 
 
In a message dated 6/7/05 12:03:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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I have  worked with women who have breastfed with nipple shields for 5 months
and  more.
One mother I met in the local hospital postpartum told me that with  an older
child she had breastfed for more than a year using a nipple  shield.
She preferred breastfeeding that way.

Donna Ron, MHA, IBCLC,  LLL
Israel 


 
 

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