Essential item to pack in your hospital bag:
Hydrogel Breast Discs
Here are two feedback emails that we received from
customers about these, this week.
I'm finding the
hydrogel discs very soothing. My baby is 12days old and so
we're still in the early days of breastfeeding. With my 1st baby I
had already had cracked & bleeding nipples by this stage and
dreaded feeding her because of the pain, I also got mastitis a few
times in the 1st few weeks due to this nipple damage. I'm not sure
if it's totally down to the discs, as I'm a lot more confident and
relaxed this time around, but they are great at healing up the
initial grazing and they stop your nipple from drying out. I would
definately recomend them to anyone who'd had latching problems and
the nipple damage that comes with that. They are also great when
cooled in the fridge if you are going through a cluster feed/growth
spurt day!
I wish I had known about these the first time around- or that my
midwife had! The first time around I had very sore nipples for
about 8 weeks, and also ended up with a friction burn from my
breast pump also. The advice I had at the time was very
"old school" wound care- i.e. fresh air and sunshine. This is
totally at odds with modern wound care i.e. occlusive dressings
providing a moist environment for wound healing. So I was glad to
see them on your website, and absolutely loved them for use with my
second child- lovely, cool and soothing. I only needed them for the
first 5 days (which was how long they lasted). I swore that I would
give a pack to every friend who was having a baby- hence my recent
order.