Re: Plastic wrap for engorgement?

[Guest guest]

that is a new one to me, but it sounds a bit like binding the breasts, or

contant rps on the whole breast for a prolonged period, eh?

i heard a new one too the other day that still has me rolling my eyes. a

friend who is breastfeeding and calls me for advice spoke with a different

friend (they are both long distance) who told her that there are hairs

growing all along the inside of the milk ducts, and if you comb your breast

with a haircomb, it gets all the hairs laying the same direction and

prevents breast cancer!!!

i can only imagine that she was told to use a comb to clear plugged ducts

(i have a vague memory of this technique, but does anyone else have a

clearer memory?) and somehow made the leap to internal hair and breast

cancer. hmmmmm....

Lyla

t 09:01 AM 12/5/2004 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi Everyone,

> How exciting to see so many new PP LCs join this list! Since most of

> us in PP deal with the discharge issues of Bfing, I want to ask a

> question about a treatment for engorgement I just heard about.

>

> A local client asked me for a contact in another state. Her sister

> was extremely engorged and could not latch (tried RPS, cabbage, massage,

> WMH) and no relief with electric pump. She was told to wrap her breasts

> in plastic wrap (I assume like Saran wrap?) and I do not know for how

> long....and then to try pumping.

>

> Apparently, this helped to get things flowing. I also assume this is

> on the same principle that we used to wrap our THIGHS to shrink (sure),

> pulling out fluid/compress...lol.... Any of you all here about this

> approach? Or have other tricks for engorgement??

>

>Jan Ellen Brown RDH IBCLC

>Charlotte, NC USA

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jan Ellen,

I know that RPS stands for Reverse Pressure Softening. However, I'm not familiar with "WMH". Can you please explain what it stands for.

I can't wait to hear more about the plastic wrap trick as I'm not familiar with it either.

Ghislaine Reid, IBCLC

Montreal (Quebec) CANADA

[Guest guest]

The comb technique I have heard of. I saw it on the kellymom site - she

recommended getting in the shower and using soap or lotion (?) with the comb

to gently massage as a treatment for plugged ducts. Nothing at all

mentioned about the hairs inside the milk ducts. :-)

Mellanie

Re: Plastic wrap for engorgement?

>there are hairs growing all along the inside of the milk ducts, and if you

comb your breast with a haircomb, it gets all the hairs laying the same

direction and

> prevents breast cancer!!!

>

[Guest guest]

yes, thanks, that was it!

At 02:10 PM 12/5/2004 -0600, you wrote:

>The comb technique I have heard of. I saw it on the kellymom site - she

>recommended getting in the shower and using soap or lotion (?) with the comb

>to gently massage as a treatment for plugged ducts. Nothing at all

>mentioned about the hairs inside the milk ducts. :-)

>

>Mellanie

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> >there are hairs growing all along the inside of the milk ducts, and if you

>comb your breast with a haircomb, it gets all the hairs laying the same

>direction and

> > prevents breast cancer!!!

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