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Excited By Nipple Cream
I never thought I would be so excited by a product that contained the words nipple and cream in the same sentence. I guess that is just what motherhood does to you right?
I was sent a sample of the Motherlove nipple cream by the Motherlove Herbal Company because I was in desperate need of relief in the first couple weeks of breastfeeding, and they totally heard me complaining on twitter. Which I am eternally grateful for because it has helped a ton!
I never thought it would become a big issue. I never really had any breast tenderness or nipple soreness with breastfeeding my older two children, but my boys also enjoyed their pacifiers and did not use me as one.
This baby on the other hand things that my boobs are 100% her property all day every day, and also refuses to take a pacifier at all. I have tried everything, every kind, and nothing seems to work. While I am happy that I won’t have to battle to take it away from her down the road, I would almost take that battle on just to have her detach from my boobs long enough to get some sort of relief. Or just not feel like a dairy cow for an hour of my life.
But a friend of mine totally put my life into perspective the other day when she commented on my excitement of the package I got in the mail… “You know you’re a mother when you get excited over nipple and diaper rash cream.”
Yup, my life have been reduced to this kind of excitement… well that and finally treating myself to an iphone so I have something to play with while I am be used as a human pacifier.
But about the cream… it is awesome! It works great, and the best part of it all is the fact that it is all natural. There really aren’t too many products on the market that I feel comfortable putting on my breast, and then knowing eventually it will end up in contact with my newborns mouth.
My next nipple cream on my agenda to try is the Earth Mama Angel Baby nipple butter. Sounds kinky right?
Oh the joys of breastfeeding!
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5 Comments
TheFeministBreeder commented on May 17 11 at 11:41 amI really love the Motherlove Nipple Cream too. I stopped needing any kind of cream at about 2 weeks (thankfully Jolene’s latch is awesome and I wasn’t sore at all after that) but it was really a lifesaver the first two weeks. I’m also in love with their Rhoid Balm.
Abby commented on May 17 11 at 3:07 pmYou can get it at whole foods. I also STRONGLY reccomend it. You think you are happy about it now, store it in the fridge! It will blow your mind.
Maya commented on May 20 11 at 4:44 pmOh yeah, you’ve GOT to get some Earth Mama Angel Baby nipple butter! It literally saved my nipples when I thought they were going to fall off. I used it through 30 months of breastfeeding my son, and now I use it to moisturize his super dry skin – haha! Nipple butter as lotion, whodathunkit??
kratom high commented on Jun 01 11 at 2:35 pmIve seen kratom as a awesome choice checkout http://www.kratomhigh.com
bf5munchkins commented on Nov 12 11 at 12:02 amOMG my nipples didn’t chap til baby 5 i could have really used this stuff…… my hubby was forbidden to even get that “boobies” look in his eyes they hurt so bad…. i wish i had stumbled across this page in JUNE 2010 wow!!!
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