>of course, a mom was told here that she had to soak her nipples for some >ridiculous period of time (luckily, i forgot this detail) after EVERY feeding >to get rid of a plugged duct. why? because the water would flow up in the >ducts and wash out the offending dried milk. > >wow! and she wasn't even told to use sterile water, what was this person >thinking? When my first was born, some well meaning but misguided nurse insisted that I "sterilize" my nipples with alcohol before feeding him. Goodness, isn't it amazing what the other two managed to live through? Lynette *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html