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> 1. Pain and cracked nipples
> 2. Teen boys/Teachable moments
> 3. Freebie list for breastfeeding bags- the link!
> 4. Breastfeeding and Dads
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> Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 18:55:54 EDT
> From: Dee Kassing BS MLS IBCLC
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> Subject: Re: Pain and cracked nipples
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> Dear Paula,
> You wrote that a mom with badly damaged
> nipples still had some pain
> after correcting positioning and latch. You were
> wondering if the pain was the
> result of oncoming mastitis.
> I think the mastitis certainly affected her
> pain level. But I
> frequently find that moms who have badly damaged
> nipples, while their pain is a lot
> less after correction in technique, still experience
> some pain. After all, the
> nipples are still wounded. The correction means
> that the baby is not
> continuing to wound the nipple while at breast, but
> the damage still needs time to
> heal. Fortunately, new mothers' bodies are in a
> "high-healing" mode, and if
> baby stops repeatedly damaging the nipples at each
> feeding, moms usually report
> that they feel much better in 24-48 hours.
> I am not disputing that mom had mastitis, or
> in any way trying to
> suggest that she did not need antiobiotics. The
> damaged skin is much more likely
> to allow germs in, and she could very easily have
> gotten mastitis as a result
> of the wounds. I'm just pointing out that the
> damage also needed time to
> heal.
> Dee Kassing, BS, MLS, IBCLC
> Collinsville, Illinois, in central USA
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> Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 18:52:36 -0400
> From: Cheryl Price <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Teen boys/Teachable moments
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> Hi all! I am usually a lurker and am back to
> Lactnet after many weeks of
> hard drive problems. Just thought I'd comment on
> the teen boys subject. I
> have 4 kids: 21 and soon to be 19 year old daughters
> and 16 and 14 year old
> sons. For several years I have kept two
> breastfeeding postcards on my
> refrigerator. One is a postcard I think I picked up
> at the ILCA conference
> in Washington, D.C. that says "Fast, free food for
> babies" and shows mom and
> baby nursing. Another is a breastfeeding picture
> given to me by our Medela
> rep. At first, my boys would ask me to take the
> postcards off the
> refrigerator when their friends were coming over ( I
> told them it was my job
> to educate their friends). Then they just began to
> place magnets over the
> breasts, and now they don't even think about it.
> Many, many boys come
> through our kitchen; sometimes they stop and look,
> sometimes they ask why
> they're there, but most of the time they no longer
> give it a second thought!
> Just my way to teach boys (and girls, and adult
> friends as well!) what
> breasts are for!
>
> Cherie Price, IBCLC, in rainy Virginia Beach, VA
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> Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 19:25:02 -0400
> From: Heather Davis <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Freebie list for breastfeeding bags- the
> link!
>
> I might have received this link last year from
> Lactnet, but I can't =
> exactly remember. Anyway, here it is, a wonderful
> list of freebies to =
> place in hospital/birth center breastfeeding bags.
> It's a great start!
>
>
> http://www.proudpregnancies.com/freebies
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> I don't know who 'owns' this site but it sure is
> helpful, I hope a lot =
> of you can use it to make some changes in your
> institution!
>
> Heather Davis, RN
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