thread: Nipple shield help

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  1. #1
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    Dec 2007
    Sunny Qld
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    Cool thanks

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Nov 2008
    Melbourne
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    I tried pretty much every brand out there and found the medella ones best (but hard to find, maybe try ordering them online co's the hossy gave me mine). Personally I found the bigger the better co's it meant more of the aereola is sucked in iykwim and easier for bub. HTH

  3. #3
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Feb 2006
    melbourne
    11,462

    medela are suppost to be the best

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Mar 2007
    Melbourne
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    I need to get my act into gear and buy some as well. No idea where to start though, so I might just stalk here......

  5. #5
    Registered User

    May 2009
    SEQLD
    2,308

    She got back to me.

    I think they were the Avent brand Apparently they come in two sizes...I was given the large ones. I managed to wean DS off the shield within a month or so of getting home from hospital ^_^ I was lucky though - some babies can happily use shields for the entirety of their breastfeeding experience Hope this helps!

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Apr 2010
    Townsville
    2,832

    I use Avent ones in the larger ones cause I have pretty big nipples and they were perfect! Within 2 days of using them, my cracks had healed enough to feed without them.
    Medela as everyone said are meant to be good, I have PM'd you with some links.

    You will succeed this time because you are determined!! xx

  7. #7
    Registered User

    Feb 2006
    NSW Central Coast
    5,301

    I used the madela ones too. I'm pretty sure they're the ones most hospitals use. I got mine from the hospital, then brought some more from the pharmacy. There are two sizes I think. They seem to be thinner, more kind of manipulative plastic than the avent ones.