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Re: history of lanolin
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"K. Jean Cotterman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 21 May 2013 14:07:04 -0400
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Patricia writes:

<The hospitals used some other cream-can't remember the name.  But then they insisted you wash it off with soap & water before breastfeeding the baby.  That wasn't much help!>

In the '50's, "Mammol Cream" was standard issue to each new BF mother admitted to postpartum. Problem is, it seems to have contained a numbing agent (for moms) and if not washed off with whatever moist wipe we handed moms, it may have numbed the babies' tongues too, LOL! (Not really. It wasn't laughable what we did to moms back then, speaking as both a former postpartum nurse and a new mom x 4 in the 1950's. Thank heavens LLL came along in time for me to benefit in 1959!

K. Jean Cotterman RNC-E, IBCLC
WIC Volunteer LC     Dayton OH

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