I think rubbing your own breast milk on your nipples and letting it dry is the best remedy for damaged and cracked nipples after trying that and
a few nipple creams.
Not exact matches
I'm mama to a 4yo and 15mo - my top
few must - haves would be the Ergo carrier, Brest Friend pillow, Motherlove
nipple cream, Sleep Sheep white noise machine, Aden & Anais swaddle blankets, and Arm's Reach co-sleeper.
This same study showed that a
few drops of your own milk on sore
nipples is equally (or even more effective) than using
nipple creams.
It is highly effective in healing sore and cracked
nipples but suffer from
few drawbacks like allergic reactions, animal source and possibility of pesticide (not a concern in high grade lanolin
creams)
Compared to the Lansinoh
cream, Medela's
nipple cream offering has a
few more active ingredients.
When visiting him, I would take this bag with a
few of my pumping supplies like bottles, breast shields, Bamboobies
nipple cream, medicine, cloth wipes, breast pads, and my peri bottle.
While buying
nipple cream is a relatively straight forward process, here are a
few things we advise you to keep in mind as you pick your perfect product.
It got better, but not without a
few sessions with a lactation consultant, lots of practice, and gobs and gobs of this soft, velvety
nipple cream.
After a
few weeks with the right
nipple cream, a breast pump, and a corrected latch, we bounced back from our breastfeeding challenge.
After feedings, expose your breasts to air for a
few minutes if possible and then rub a lanolin
cream or even your own breast milk on your
nipples to help reduce the discomfort.
All of this is to advertise HelloFlo's New Mom Kits, care packages stocked with supplies (like pads,
nipple cream, and leak - resistant underwear) to help a woman through the first
few weeks after childbirth.