Pain Free Breastfeeding

Hello Em.

Breastfeeding is great.

Seeing milk drip from Jamesy's mouth is a beautiful thing.

There is one thing that die hard breastfeeding mother will never tell you about...the pain!!!!

I gritted my teeth and thumped my foot through the whole first two weeks.

 

It took that long for me to toughin' up those tender nipples.

I know your mother-in-law gave you a trick to help.

You suggested it before I gave birth.

I thought, It wasn't that bad with the last baby. I will be fine.

I WASN'T!

Please pass it on.

Everyone needs your advice!

Goodbye! 

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Hello Lisa,

The trick is simple.  Pickle your nipples.  It was honestly the best thing that I did for myself while being pregnant.

So for you and all the other foot thumpers out there, do yourself a favor and listen up.

This is an old southern secret passed down by generations.  I looked everywhere on Google hoping I could find some validation to the claims my mother-in-law made.  I found nothing.  I thought it was weird.  I had all these horrifying thoughts in my head.  If I did this I was sure that my nipples were going to look like leathery pickles.  Awesome.

When it came down to pain vs. pickles, I went with pickles.

I was wrong about all of my previous thoughts, and my mother-in-law was right...no pain!

So here's the secret you have been waiting for...

Pain Free Breastfeeding

Ingredients:

Rubbing Alcohol

Alum Powder

(It must be a powder, it may be labeled as powder but that doesn't necessarily mean it is.  I tried 3 before finding a powder. FYI McCormick is not. "Kroger Brand" was the only one I could find, which can be found at Kroger or at Smith's)

Directions:

Mix a small amount of alum powder with rubbing alcohol to make paste consistency (a little bit goes a long way).  Rub paste onto each nipple until dry.  Let stand for 1 minute.  Then rub each nipple thoroughly as you rinse. Do this 3 times a day during your last trimester, or once a day during your entire pregnancy.

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I hope you find this helpful with the next baby.

How do you do those awesome illustrations?  I'm jealous of your mad skills!

Goodbye.