My feed
Premium

Please
or
to access all these features

Get advice and support with infant feeding from other users here.

Infant feeding

Gel breast pads - does anyone still do them?

6 replies

Piffy · 18/01/2007 17:43

HI there
My sister is breastfeeding at the mo - 2 week old and has badly cracked nipple and mastitis, v painful. When the same thing happened to me last year I used Mothermates breast pads, they were fab as so cooling and did not stick to bleeding bit (sorry!). But I can't find anything like this now to give to her - anyone got any alternatives or know where I can get something similar?
thanks!

OP posts:
Report
Plibble · 18/01/2007 17:45

Are these what you're after?

Report
LIZS · 18/01/2007 17:47

here

Report
determination · 18/01/2007 21:06

Or this might be overall better for naturally healing the breast and nipple at the same time.

Report
determination · 18/01/2007 21:08

Sorry this is the correct link

Report
Piffy · 31/01/2007 21:25

Thanks for all the suggestions - I've ordered them all and hopefully they will help do the trick, although the babe appears to have gone off the idea of breastfeeding following this bout of mastitis :-(

OP posts:
Report
fishie · 31/01/2007 21:31

you can get them on prescription from gp too. does she need / want any more help to continue, perhaps a bf counsellor?

Report
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.