Dear Friends: I have a question about glycerin gel dressings. How could some woman get so terribly damaged in the day or two in the hospital unless there was some major flaw in the anatomy of latch? Such as a baby with a tight frenulum. I am worried that these dressings will be handed out the way nipple shields can be; indiscriminately, by staff too busy to actually sit down and watch a whole breastfeeding episode as they teach. One company even advertises them as a "preventitive" measure against nipple soreness. What about creating an environment where babies and mothers are always together, and learn how to breastfeed together under the watchful and loving eyes of the staff? Be a whole lot cheaper and effective. Warmly, Nikki Lee RN, MSN, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CIMI, CCE craniosacral therapy practitioner Elkins Park (a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; northeastern USA) supporting the WHO Code and the Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative *********************************************** 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