><<<What do you all feel is the average recommended time for use of breast >shells? 1 week? more? less?>>> > > >10 minutes, just before the feeding. i think they are often a disaster. the >promote yeast growth and a lot of leaking. > We haven't recommended them for years and years - not since the MAIN trial which showed they were no better than doing nothing at all for inverted nipples. Midwives sometimes recommend them, and we get mothers calling with problems which seem related to their use. Yes, I have seen thrush as a result (I think) of the use of shells. They are especially useless as a means of coping with leaking breasts - they make the leaking worse. Heather Welford Neil NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html