Marita.  I too am allergic to latex, I am not an LC yet (hoping to take the
exam in JULY 04 ) Please tell me where I can get the non latex finger cots.  I
have been using non latex gloves and it is not great - I feel like I am
choking the baby -which I know I am not.  There is no way I will take a chance in
not using any cover at all.  Thanks for any advice on where to go.
Donna Kimick
Intern LC
Long Island NY

"It's the lucky baby, I feel, who continues to nurse until he's two."
Antonia Novello, MD, MPH, DrPH
Surgeon General 1990-1993

> <<Date:   Tue, 25 Nov 2003 22:36:08 -0500
> From:   "Marita Nickison, RN, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: more on gloves - no latex **please**
>
> Every time gloves are mentioned are Lactnet, my "ears" perk up.  I have
> posted before on this list about the dangers of latex.  I am one of those
> unlucky souls who tends to stop breathing every time I am even in the
> vicinity of gloves, balloons, eraser dust, etc, etc.  I know of at least
> one other IBCLC on this list with a latex allergy. There are recorded cases
> of exclusively breastfed infants developing a latex allergy - their only
> exposure was from a pacifier.  So, please, no latex in babies' mouths!  And
> I haven't looked for them in a while, but there were non-latex finger cots
> available at one time.
>
> Marita Nickison, RN, IBCLC>>
>





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