What do I need to have for soothing nips?

GreekyPie

Soothies? Medela gel pads? Earth Mama products? What do you recommend? I would like to have something in the house so we don't need to run out after the baby arrives.

jenny1980

I haven't had to use anything.

 

jeng329

I had a hard time with BFing in the beginning.

I LOVED these- my LC gave them to me.  I wore them around the house in between feedings so that my nipples wouldn't rub against my shirt/bra and it helped them get air.  

Also some Lanolin cream, lots of companies make it, but I used Lansinoh.  They gave me some free samples in the hospital.  

Tylenol

I bought some sensitive skin fragrance free soap.  and I think that's it.  

Good luck!

erinncnc

Lanolin  & your own breastmilk.

ncbelle

Rubbing a little breastmilk on them and letting them air dry worked best for me.

c446784

I love First years breast pads with the laniol cream on them already. The are the only breast pads that didn't itch me and had cream on them incase I forgot 

megs68

So far I have used Lansinoh *use after every feeding) and gel pads (for 2 days).  I also used the breast shells they gave me at the hospital (not the flat ones for feeding, but these, which protect your nipples when you're wearing shirts (https://www.medelabreastfeedingus.com/products/breast-care/108/therashells).  But everyone's different.  I had a lot of nipple pain the first few weeks, so I needed more than others might have.

jessvan96

are sore nipples par for the course?  i.e. will everyone have them?  when do they start to hurt?  

dusk42

My LC said not to use the Earth Mama stuff because it has a bunch of fruit extracts in it and there is more chance for an allergy issue.  I just use lanolin (the hospital and my LC gave me free samples, and you need so little that the samples were more than sufficient).  

Other than that, I ordered washable nursing pads from an etsy seller (which were okay, but I've heard there are softer ones).