Wipe off nipple cream or not?

hecallsmecat

I know the Lasinoh nipple cream says that you don't have to wipe it off before BFing, but I just can't see LO getting nipple cream in his/her mouth being okay. I'm sure it is if the insructions say so though.

Do you ladies wipe it off before feeding or not?

0508bebe

My ped told me to wipe my breast with a warm washcloth before and after each feeding.  No other washing off is necessary. 

tokenhoser

I never wiped it off. I didn't use much and it was usually well absorbed by the time I was feeding. There wasn't really anything to wipe off.

kris_kelsey

never wiped it off.

greeneyed_bride

I didn't wipe it off. (Don't need it any more.) The first few times I used the soothies gel pads in the hospital, I was wiping my nipples off when I took them off, and it HURT! My nipples were so sore that wiping them with a wet wash cloth was painful. Then the lactation consultant told me I didn't need to wipe them off. 

magdusia

tokenhoser:

I never wiped it off. I didn't use much and it was usually well absorbed by the time I was feeding. There wasn't really anything to wipe off.

same here.  If they were really cracked, i just didn't wear a top (nothing touched my nipples). Or if DH was home i would put a hooder hider on and tied the back so nothing really rubs my nipples and they heal better and I'm covered with my tiger-striped tummy is hidden from my DH who thinks i should look like a model right after giving birth :

tokenhoser

0508bebe:

My ped told me to wipe my breast with a warm washcloth before and after each feeding.  No other washing off is necessary. 

Just for the record, no one in real life does this. My baby ate a million times a day. I didn't have time to be farting around with a washcloth before or after each feeding.

ns1

Yeah, I never wipe anything off (lanolin, nystatin...) and DD doesn't seem to care of be affected by it!