Barbara, Your post about deep breast pain and one long episode of mastits was really interesting. I've been getting some phone calls from patients that are in similar situations. What you recommend for gentle cleansing of broken down nipples? We've been focusing hard on prevention and things are way better than they were a few years ago, but we still see one or two moms a week who are scabbed or cracked within a few hours of giving birth! My partner and I are doing a mandatory inservice this month for all RN's. We are hoping that by giving the labor and delivery staff more education, we can prevent some of those situations where the mom feeds once and is already broken down. Can anyone offer any suggestions for pearls of wisdom to pass along to them? Short and simple is usually better received. I'm proud to say that most of our babies are skin to skin in the first 30 min. now, even our C-sections! Thanks in advance, Barb Fibich, RN, IBCLC Milwaukee, WI *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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