Has anyone every used this while breastfeeding and did it help? Did you have the compound pharmacy put the ibuprofen in it? Nipples are so sore from breastfeeding, one side has 2 cracks in it that won't go away. I have my follow up 6 week OB appt tomorrow and want to ask them to write a prescription for this nipple ointment if others felt like it helped them. I am unsure about the ibuprofen being safe for baby though?
Oh ya! This is the best stuff ever, and yes but the ibuprofen in it! I couldnt' breastfeed my first two past a few weeks from pain, had this with my third and I wen't over 14 months with her! I wish I had known about it with my first two!
The other stuff didn't do anything for me not lanolin or breast milk...etc
I had wonderful luck with the Lansinoh lanolin breast cream. You don't have to remove it to feed baby and you can buy it at any drug store or places like Target. Used it with all 3 of mine, I used it as a preventative before I even had any problems.
I would be gun shy about having ibuprofen directly on our nipple and going into your baby's mouth, especially so young.
Those cracks indicate your baby's latch/positioning isn't great; breastfeeding shouldn't be painful because pain is a sign that something's wrong.
http://kellymom.com/ages/newborn/bf-basics/latch-resources/
Have you seen an IBCLC or La Leche League leader? (You can find a local LLL Leader in CT here: http://www.lllct.org/)
Has your baby been evaluated for tongue tie?
Though I never used one (never had cracked nipples), I have read that a breast shield will help your nipples get a chance to heal while you continue to breastfeed. Look into that, S..
I don't know about nipple cream, but I have heard that lanolin is good for this.
So sorry about this problem - hope you get a quick solution!!!
Dawn
I used Arbonne's FC5 Skin Conditioning Oil. It's botanical based and abides by swiss standards. Lanolin is actually harvested from sheeps' sweat, natural but not something I want on me, or in my little one. Hope this helps
Lanolin worked well for me.
Yes, this helped a lot and I did have them put the ibuprofen in. I don't think the baby gets enough of it to affect him/her. Definitely request it. It worked much better than lanolin or anything else I tried.
Try Calendula Oil - works wonders, all natural and safe to use :)
Wow, I wish I had known about this stuff! I used regular nipple creams, and the other standard stuff like airing out your nipples, applying breast milk, etc. Helps with the cracks, but omg, the pain! Don't believe people when they say breastfeeding shouldn't hurt. I've had three babies--we've had latch issues with two of them. Tongue tie with one of them--both of these babies were breastfed til age 2. So then when I had my third, and he had no latch issues, no tongue tie, nothing, I thought my nipples could handle it, and that I'd have smooth sailing. Wrong! It hurt just as badly. Seriously though, if someone were to suck on any part of your body 10x a day, it would hurt, at least somewhat.
