Kathy:  A few years back, Dr. Jan Riordan and Sue Huml, did a fabulous
session on sore nipple research.  Basically, their answer is an unequivical
NO, limiting time at the breast didn't reduce soreness, it just postponed
it.  The presentation was session #217 SORE NIPPLES: LOOKING AT AN OLD
PROBLEM A NEW WAY at the LLLI July 1995 conference in Chicago.  The list of
references is lengthy, but the ones most relevant to your question are:

Hewet RJ and Ellis, DJ.  A Comparison of the effectiveness of two methods of
nipple care. BIRTH 14: 41-45.

Kearney, MH, Cronenwett, LR, and Barett, JA:  Breastfeeding problems in the
first week postpartum; Nurs Res 39:90-95, 1990.

deCarvalho, M, Robertson, S. and Klaus, MH:  Does the duration and frequency
of early bf affect nipple pain?  BIRTH  11:81-84, 1984.

Gaus, B. Breast and nipple pain in early stages of lactation Br. Med J. 2:
830-32.

Ziemer, MM, Pagone, JP and Schupay, J et al.  methods to prevent and mangae
nipple pain in bf women. West J Nurs Res 12: 732-44, 1990.

Oh, heck..they're all relevant...I suggest checking in the most recent
edition of Riordan.

Chris Hafner-Eaton, PhD, MPH, CHES, IBCLC    [log in to unmask]
mom, wife, educator, lactation consultant, researcher, scientist, author,
organic gardener, photographer, lapidary creator, lousy cleaner.

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