My yoga teacher told me today I could toughen up my nipples with gin.

[Picante]

Obviously before the baby is born.

Just wondering if I should splash out and get some Plymouth Gin or if Tesco's own would do?

Really??

How does that work then?

Well she said actually I could use any spirit.

You can toughen up your feet with surgical spirit/rubbing alcohol before a big trek. But I would not want to be doing that to my nipples...

If it's a PFB, Bombay Sapphire.

If it's a NSB, try meths...

Lol. No not a PFB so won't be splashing out. Might go and have a rummage in the shed.

WTF? How does drinking gin toughen up your feet or your nipples???? [thicko emoticon]

Not drinking it, Jacksmama... sacrilegious as the suggestion is to treat gin that way, the yoga teacher wants Picante to rub it in...

If drinking gin toughened up your nipples I'd have breasts like one of Madonna's strange conical metal bras...

Well I must say I am surprised at a yoga teacher suggesting gin.

Sandpaper is not alcoholic and it's cheaper

Though for those who have left it too late and the baby is due any day, I hear a cheese grater works wonders.

I suppose nipples in your gin would make a change from tonic and lemon

I don't suppose she meant swigging it to dull the pain?

[I'm an idiot emoticon]

DH would like nipples in his gin...

BTW, don't let tiktok hear of this discussion, she was pretty adamant on one of my theads recently that nipples do not toughen up... I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on that subject...

I've been breastfeeding for nearly four years and five months without a break and mine haven't toughened yet...

(when I say "without a break", obviously I have breaks and get out of the house and make tea and so forth. I haven't been breastfeeding literally without a break for that long)

pmsl at those who thought I should drink it!

My nipples are definitely tougher after a year of expressing for ds so I'm hoping to have an easier ride this time. Might still try the gin tho!

i've been bfing for 4 yrs now and still have soft nips.