Hi All,
Recieved this from a Lactnut currently no-mail.  Can you help her out?
Please e-mail to her privately    [log in to unmask]

TIA!
Jay


>From: Steve & Noelle Rice <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: tea bags increase chance of yeast?
>
>Hi - I'm a lactnet member on nomail - OB nurse with five kids - things get a
>little hectic around here.  Anyhow, I wonder if you might recall or have
>reference to the notion that putting tea bags on sore nipples increases the
>chance of yeast growth on nipples.  I'm sure I found it on lactnet - a few
>years ago - but I can't remember the process - was it the acidity - wet -
>warm - any ideas?  Our staff thought tea bags could be offered as a comfort
>measure but if there is documentation contrary to it's helpfulness I'd offer
>that to the group.
>
>Tried to find it in archives but couldn't.  You can pass this on to anyone
>that might offer us advice. (our lc moved to Nebraska - one of these days
>I'll get my cert - but for now 11 personal years of nursing and
>determination to get everyone nursing will have to do.  We are a small town
>and OB unit but when I did stats for last month we had only 2 out of 26
>deliveries opt to give formula instead of breastfeeding so I think we are
>doing pretty good.)
>
>Thank
>
>Noelle Rice RN
>Miles City, MT
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