Guest guest Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 Hi all, I am pregnant and am going to breastfeed, and I was just curious if anyone knew of an alternitive to the lanolin cream for cracked nipples. Thanks, Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 Yes, I was a La Leche League Leader for years and the best thing for cracked or sore nipples is a little bit of expressed breast or colostrum. Just a drop is needed. Breastmilk will help heal and kill any germs. It sounds odd but it really works. Jacqueline veggiemamma [veggiemamma] December 3, 2004 4:07 PM Lanolin for Breastfeeding moms Hi all, I am pregnant and am going to breastfeed, and I was just curious if anyone knew of an alternitive to the lanolin cream for cracked nipples. Thanks, Becky For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 Becky asked: << I am pregnant and am going to breastfeed, and I was just curious if anyone knew of an alternitive to the lanolin cream for cracked nipples. >> There was a mainstream comercially available nipple cream I was able to find without lanolin (can't remember the name)....but beware, it has peanut oil instead, and my first child developed a peanut allergy that could probably be traced to that early exposure. (Fortunately, she outgrew it.) This might sound gross, but the organic (vegan) solid vegetable shortening you can find in health food stores is a reasonable solution: edible, so it doesn't have to be wiped off, and obviously quite lubricating. A lot of people swear by using breast milk itself, but that never worked for me. Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 Hi, Congratulation! How far along are you? My daughter is now almost 10 months and still breastfeeding. I have never used any lotions at all. And I can honestly say that I have never had cracked nipples. The technique that I have been using is to express milk after the baby has finished and massage it in like it is lotion. It really has worked well for me. If you do want to use a lotion, Nature's Gate has a very mild hemp lotion that is cruelty-free, (although it is not specifically designed for nipples.) It is the only kind I will use on myself and my daughter. Good Luck. Mandy --- veggiemamma <veggiemamma wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I am pregnant and am going to breastfeed, and I was > just curious if > anyone knew of an alternitive to the lanolin cream > for cracked > nipples. > > Thanks, > Becky > > > > > > > Send holiday email and support a worthy cause. Do good. http://celebrity.mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 I never had much probalem with craked nipples but you can rub breastmilk on them and let it dry on there too. Sorry not much help. Congratulations! Pregnancy and Motherhood are the most wonderful experiences of my life! veggiemamma [veggiemamma] Friday, December 03, 2004 1:07 PM Lanolin for Breastfeeding moms Hi all, I am pregnant and am going to breastfeed, and I was just curious if anyone knew of an alternitive to the lanolin cream for cracked nipples. Thanks, Becky For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Elizabeth Bakwin wrote: > This might sound gross, but the organic (vegan) solid vegetable > shortening you can find in health food stores is a reasonable solution: > edible, so it doesn't have to be wiped off, and obviously quite > lubricating. > > A lot of people swear by using breast milk itself, but that never > worked for me. Me either. With both of my children I had extremely painful cracking for about the first two weeks. I just soldiered through, and after that first transition period, I didn't have any more problems. If I ever have a third child, though, I'll have to give the shortening a try. I don't relish the idea of going through that pain again. ---- Patricia Bullington-McGuire <patricia The brilliant Cerebron, attacking the problem analytically, discovered three distinct kinds of dragon: the mythical, the chimerical, and the purely hypothetical. They were all, one might say, nonexistent, but each nonexisted in an entirely different way ... -- Stanislaw Lem, " Cyberiad " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 A Caution with the shortening is that it might be hard for the baby to latch properly if there is a greasy substance on the nipple. Also, they might not like the taste! LOL Some research done when I was a LLL Leader suggested that lubricants could make the problem worse by causing an improper latch or by softening the nipple's skin too much and making it more prone to fissures. I'm not up to date with current research though because I haven't been a leader for a few years. Jacqueline Patricia Bullington-McGuire [patricia] December 4, 2004 11:53 PM Re: Lanolin for Breastfeeding moms On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Elizabeth Bakwin wrote: > This might sound gross, but the organic (vegan) solid vegetable > shortening you can find in health food stores is a reasonable solution: > edible, so it doesn't have to be wiped off, and obviously quite > lubricating. > > A lot of people swear by using breast milk itself, but that never > worked for me. Me either. With both of my children I had extremely painful cracking for about the first two weeks. I just soldiered through, and after that first transition period, I didn't have any more problems. If I ever have a third child, though, I'll have to give the shortening a try. I don't relish the idea of going through that pain again. ---- Patricia Bullington-McGuire <patricia The brilliant Cerebron, attacking the problem analytically, discovered three distinct kinds of dragon: the mythical, the chimerical, and the purely hypothetical. They were all, one might say, nonexistent, but each nonexisted in an entirely different way ... -- Stanislaw Lem, " Cyberiad " For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I don't know of any alternatives but my personal experience is that I never needed any for either of my children so I wouldn't recomend going out and buying anything unless you actually need it. Also, the advice that I got is not to use soap directly on your nipples while breastfeeding (at least in the early weeks), pat dry after showering - don't rub, and if they start getting a little dry put some of your breastmilk on them. , " veggiemamma " <veggiemamma> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I am pregnant and am going to breastfeed, and I was just curious if > anyone knew of an alternitive to the lanolin cream for cracked > nipples. > > Thanks, > Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Jacqueline wrote: << A Caution with the shortening is that it might be hard for the baby to latch properly if there is a greasy substance on the nipple. Also, they might not like the taste! LOL>> Yeah, I should point out that putting it on immediately after nursing means that it's actually gone by the time you nurse again. The fact that it's a food product means there's no concern about possible ingestion....I didn't actually mean it should be slathered on just before the baby latches on!! <<Some research done when I was a LLL Leader suggested that lubricants could make the problem worse by causing an improper latch or by softening the nipple's skin too much and making it more prone to fissures. >> That is an interesting point. I've heard people use that same argument with regard to chapped lips or hands. Anyone know more on the subject? Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Elizabeth Bakwin [bakwin] December 6, 2004 3:18 PM Re: Lanolin for Breastfeeding moms <<Some research done when I was a LLL Leader suggested that lubricants could make the problem worse by causing an improper latch or by softening the nipple's skin too much and making it more prone to fissures. >> That is an interesting point. I've heard people use that same argument with regard to chapped lips or hands. Anyone know more on the subject? *** Of course you don't normally have someone sucking on your lips or hands on a regular basis! LOL *** ***Jacq*** Liz For more information about vegetarianism, please visit the VRG website at http://www.vrg.org and for materials especially useful for families go to http://www.vrg.org/family.This is a discussion list and is not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. edical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 , Elizabeth Bakwin <bakwin@s...> wrote: > > <<Some research done when I was a LLL Leader suggested that lubricants > could make the problem worse by causing an improper latch or by > softening the nipple's skin too much and making it more prone to > fissures. >> > > That is an interesting point. I've heard people use that same argument > with regard to chapped lips or hands. Anyone know more on the subject? > > Liz Well, let me first point out that Lanolin isn't put on cracked nipples as a LUBRICANT, it's put on as a healing agent. Also, I've used medical grade lanolin, and it doesn't make the nipple slippery, if anything, it's a little bit tacky. It does absorb, if you take the time to rub it in as is intended - you don't just glob it on, you massage it in. :-) Cori AP Mama of Brighid, 06-23-01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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