The views expressed below are not my own, I borrowed them from the following website:
http://www.ciao.co.uk/Lansinoh__Review_5654555
Does this cream justify its hefty price tag? In a word - "YES". When I was pregnant and on a budget I didn't give much thought to breastfeeding, apart from the fact that I wanted to do it. It came as something of a surprise when I was in hospital with my little girl when my nipples hurt like mad every time she fed. My feet curled up, I cried, and the kindly midwives brought me trial packs of Lansinoh. I couldn't believe the difference it made, and I honestly think without this cream I might have stopped breastfeeding there and then.
So what is it? Is is a highly refined pure lanolin cream that you apply to your nipples and thankfully do not have to remove before feeding. It is a natural, non-toxic product, that is kind to even the most sensitive skin. It has a strange colour and texture - like a thick, gloopy honey. This is because it hasn't been chemically bleached like cheaper products on the market.
When you start breastfeeding, the constant suckling at your breast can dry the skin and lead to cracking. This magic cream aids the quick recovery of your nipples, allowing you to carry on breastfeeding. Warm a little of the cream between your fingers to make it pliable, then apply and if you can leave your nipples exposed to the air (not easy in hospital, or when you're expecting a delivery from the postman!).
After the initial dryness/cracked skin caused by starting breastfeeding, assuming your little one is positioned correctly, once you've used this cream a few times your problems will be over. However, if your baby isn't positioned correctly the pain may continue and you will need some advice and support from a breastfeeding counsellor/consultant in addition to using this cream.
Expensive as it is, and despite the fact that thankfully I only needed to use it in the first week or two, I am still glad I bought it. Only a breastfeeding Mum who has experienced the toe-curling agony of early breastfeeding nipple pain (I would liken it to having someone scrape your nipples with a knife and fork - sorry to be so graphic!) could really understand what a lifesaver this product is.
Six months on I'm still breastfeeding, and still grateful to that kindly midwife who brought me my first trial pack of Lansinoh. Buy it for any Mums to be who are planning to breastfeed!
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Another breastfeeding mother's review of Lansinoh
The opinion's express below are not my own, I have taken them from the following website:
http://www.ciao.co.uk/Lansinoh__Review_5782415
WHY I NEEDED LANSINOH
As a novice breastfeeder, I made a few mistakes in the first few days that cost me my own comfort. My daughter is a comfort sucker, she likes the feeling of sucking like many newborns do and so while she seemed to be happily feeding and latched on initially, she would fall asleep while feeding, using me as a dummy so to speak. This left my nipples chapped and bruised, and even had a slight bleeding on the side she preferred. I asked the midwife in the hospital to help me and she came back with 2 mini-sized tubes of lansinoh, explained to me how to get my daughter on properly and how to ease her off the nipple by breaking her suck with my finger and eventually we got there. We started to feed without pain.
USING LANSINOH
After every feed I got in to the habit of smearing a dot of Lansinoh over the chapped area. It is a greasy, very waxy substance that is designed to provide a wet barrier over the nipple and allow the skin to heal underneath. Lansinoh is 100% Lanolin. which is a natural substance that provides sheep with their own waterproof barrier so you can guess that it does something similar for the chapped skin; it effectively waterproofs the nipples so no more damage can occur while the nipple is not in use and the nipple can regain all its natural moisture which has been stripped by the baby nursing. And because it is a natural substance you can still feed your baby while you have the cream on. This is a huge bonus as with my son I had previously tried creams that had to be wiped off the nipple. Although this time around Im sure my daughter must think breasts are supposed to taste like lanolin!
PACKAGING
The Box is not exciting, I wouldn't have lifted in the chemist unless I knew what it was- it is discrete, it doesn't have any images of breasts or nipples and the box simply says ' Lansinoh lanolin- for breastfeeding mothers' It is lilac which is the most distinctive thing about it. My mum had to ask in the chemist for it as she couldn't find it when she was looking for it. Discretion is not a bad aspect when you are buying products for your nipples, but it was difficult to find on the shelf if you hadn't seen the package before.
It comes in a tube of 56g, has a squeezy lid and flip top and can stand on the top so the cream will always be squeezable from the tube. The box has a small advert from the NCT (National Childbirth Trust) on one side offering breastfeeding support. I've never had to ring the help line as my midwives have been ever so helpful this time around but I've only ever heard good things about the NCT helplines from the Mother and baby magazines I subscribe to.
It is really rather thick and sometimes requires a really good squeeze to get some on your fingers but it applies really smoothly.
TASTE, TEXTURE AND SMELL
Obviously when you are using a product for your baby you want to be sure its ok. And so, in the name of research I had to give the Lansinoh a little lick. It wasn't a particularly nice texture, but I couldn't find a distinguishable taste. It hasn't ever seemed to cause any discomfort to my daughter either, even if I have recently put a layer on the nipple she will still feed regardless.
Smell-wise I haven't noticed anything too offensive, I always use a breast pad between the nipple and my bra as it will leave yellow marks everywhere. (I love the NUK comfort breast pad- just a tip)
MY CONCLUSION
Lansinoh works. I have no idea how, but within 3 days of getting a chapped nipple, the cream will have cleared it up. It is a miracle cream for mothers going through the early stages and as you get more experienced in feeding you will probably find you need it less and less. The tube is very expensive (about £9.99) but the hospital did give me some free sample sizes and it lasts quite a long time due to the thickness in consistency.
I think Lansinoh was one of the contributing factors to allowing me to feed my daughter when I was really on the brink of giving up. If you are expecting a baby and would like to Breast feed it would be worth having a tube at home and if you are on the brink of giving up breastfeeding, then just give this a try. I would almost promise you that you will find a difference very quickly!
http://www.ciao.co.uk/Lansinoh__Review_5782415
WHY I NEEDED LANSINOH
As a novice breastfeeder, I made a few mistakes in the first few days that cost me my own comfort. My daughter is a comfort sucker, she likes the feeling of sucking like many newborns do and so while she seemed to be happily feeding and latched on initially, she would fall asleep while feeding, using me as a dummy so to speak. This left my nipples chapped and bruised, and even had a slight bleeding on the side she preferred. I asked the midwife in the hospital to help me and she came back with 2 mini-sized tubes of lansinoh, explained to me how to get my daughter on properly and how to ease her off the nipple by breaking her suck with my finger and eventually we got there. We started to feed without pain.
USING LANSINOH
After every feed I got in to the habit of smearing a dot of Lansinoh over the chapped area. It is a greasy, very waxy substance that is designed to provide a wet barrier over the nipple and allow the skin to heal underneath. Lansinoh is 100% Lanolin. which is a natural substance that provides sheep with their own waterproof barrier so you can guess that it does something similar for the chapped skin; it effectively waterproofs the nipples so no more damage can occur while the nipple is not in use and the nipple can regain all its natural moisture which has been stripped by the baby nursing. And because it is a natural substance you can still feed your baby while you have the cream on. This is a huge bonus as with my son I had previously tried creams that had to be wiped off the nipple. Although this time around Im sure my daughter must think breasts are supposed to taste like lanolin!
PACKAGING
The Box is not exciting, I wouldn't have lifted in the chemist unless I knew what it was- it is discrete, it doesn't have any images of breasts or nipples and the box simply says ' Lansinoh lanolin- for breastfeeding mothers' It is lilac which is the most distinctive thing about it. My mum had to ask in the chemist for it as she couldn't find it when she was looking for it. Discretion is not a bad aspect when you are buying products for your nipples, but it was difficult to find on the shelf if you hadn't seen the package before.
It comes in a tube of 56g, has a squeezy lid and flip top and can stand on the top so the cream will always be squeezable from the tube. The box has a small advert from the NCT (National Childbirth Trust) on one side offering breastfeeding support. I've never had to ring the help line as my midwives have been ever so helpful this time around but I've only ever heard good things about the NCT helplines from the Mother and baby magazines I subscribe to.
It is really rather thick and sometimes requires a really good squeeze to get some on your fingers but it applies really smoothly.
TASTE, TEXTURE AND SMELL
Obviously when you are using a product for your baby you want to be sure its ok. And so, in the name of research I had to give the Lansinoh a little lick. It wasn't a particularly nice texture, but I couldn't find a distinguishable taste. It hasn't ever seemed to cause any discomfort to my daughter either, even if I have recently put a layer on the nipple she will still feed regardless.
Smell-wise I haven't noticed anything too offensive, I always use a breast pad between the nipple and my bra as it will leave yellow marks everywhere. (I love the NUK comfort breast pad- just a tip)
MY CONCLUSION
Lansinoh works. I have no idea how, but within 3 days of getting a chapped nipple, the cream will have cleared it up. It is a miracle cream for mothers going through the early stages and as you get more experienced in feeding you will probably find you need it less and less. The tube is very expensive (about £9.99) but the hospital did give me some free sample sizes and it lasts quite a long time due to the thickness in consistency.
I think Lansinoh was one of the contributing factors to allowing me to feed my daughter when I was really on the brink of giving up. If you are expecting a baby and would like to Breast feed it would be worth having a tube at home and if you are on the brink of giving up breastfeeding, then just give this a try. I would almost promise you that you will find a difference very quickly!
Other brands of nipple cream are not as good
Before I had my first baby I didn't realise how important it would be to look after my nipples when breastfeeding. I bought the first nipple cream I saw online at Prenatal.nl, thinking that I probably wouldn't need it. The cream I bought was Medela Purelan 100.
I found Purelan 100 for sale here:
http://www.prenatal.nl/shop/product.aspx?category=Borstvoedingnw&subcategory=Borstvoedingoverig&productid=26960.
It cost me 7.75 Euros, excluding delivery.
My review of Medela Nipple Cream: Purelan 100:
I did not feel much benefit from Purelan 100 my nipples continued to be sore for the following reasons:
Although this product is also 100% lanolin, Purelan 100 is not as well refined as Lansinoh
Purelan 100 does not spread over the nipple so easily
Also another huge disadvantage of Purelan 100 is that the bright yellow colour of the nipple cream stained my clothes!
So when I was in the UK I purchased a tube of Lansinoh. The quality is so much better and I immediately felt a reduction in the nipple pain. The following week I purchased three more tubes from Amazon.
I found Purelan 100 for sale here:
http://www.prenatal.nl/shop/product.aspx?category=Borstvoedingnw&subcategory=Borstvoedingoverig&productid=26960.
It cost me 7.75 Euros, excluding delivery.
My review of Medela Nipple Cream: Purelan 100:
I did not feel much benefit from Purelan 100 my nipples continued to be sore for the following reasons:
Also another huge disadvantage of Purelan 100 is that the bright yellow colour of the nipple cream stained my clothes!
So when I was in the UK I purchased a tube of Lansinoh. The quality is so much better and I immediately felt a reduction in the nipple pain. The following week I purchased three more tubes from Amazon.
Waarom LANSINOH Tepelzalf?
Hoe natuurlijk borstvoeding ook is, ongemakken kunnen optreden tijdens de eerste dagen en weken. Pijnlijke tepels bij de borstvoedende moeder worden vrijwel altijd veroorzaakt door het niet goed aanleggen van de baby. Dubbelgezuiverde lanoline kan onmiddellijk verzachtend werken, zodat moeder en kind zich kunnen concentreren op de juiste voedingshouding.
Zeep, shampoos en tepel cremes kunnen door aanwezigheid van bewaarmiddelen en andere toevoegingen of onzuiverheden bijkomende irritatie teweegbrengen. Laat deze tijdelijke maar pijnlijke ongemakken niet de oorzaak zijn voor het stopzetten van de borstvoeding en maak gebruik van LANSINOH Brand lanolin.
Lansinoh is een 100% natuurproduct zonder toevoegingen, gemaakt van driemaal gezuiverde lanoline. Het is hypo-allergeen en hoeft niet verwijderd te worden voor het voeden.
Zeep, shampoos en tepel cremes kunnen door aanwezigheid van bewaarmiddelen en andere toevoegingen of onzuiverheden bijkomende irritatie teweegbrengen. Laat deze tijdelijke maar pijnlijke ongemakken niet de oorzaak zijn voor het stopzetten van de borstvoeding en maak gebruik van LANSINOH Brand lanolin.
Lansinoh is een 100% natuurproduct zonder toevoegingen, gemaakt van driemaal gezuiverde lanoline. Het is hypo-allergeen en hoeft niet verwijderd te worden voor het voeden.
Wat is Lansinoh tepelzalf?
Lansinoh is een van origine amerikaans produkt, dat bijna wereldwijd verkrijbaar is.
Lansinoh tepelzalf is de meest pure lanoline ter wereld en mag zich dan ook als enige zo noemen. De meeste deskundigen zijn bekend met het feit dat geen enkel ander merk qua zuiverheid hiermee concurreren kan.
Lansinoh...
Verzacht, geneest en beschermt gevoelige en gekloofde tepels
Hoeft niet te worden verwijderd voordat je je kindje gaat voeden
Gepatenteerd zuiveringsproces, Lansinoh HPA Lanoline is ’s werelds puurste lanoline
Bevat geen conserveringsmiddelen of andere toevoegingen
LANSINOH is de meest verkochte tepelzalf in de Verenigde Staten.
Lansinoh tepelzalf is de meest pure lanoline ter wereld en mag zich dan ook als enige zo noemen. De meeste deskundigen zijn bekend met het feit dat geen enkel ander merk qua zuiverheid hiermee concurreren kan.
Lansinoh...
What is Lansinoh Lanolin?
Lansinoh lanolin soothes, heals and protects sore cracked nipples. It is the only topical nipple cream endorsed in the US by La Leche League International, considered the foremost experts on breastfeeding.
Lansinoh has been specifically developed for the treatment of sore and cracked nipples alongside help with positioning and attachment.
Lansinoh works by the process of moist wound healing. Studies reveal moist wound healing offers a soothing environment for sore nipples and as no scab is formed healing is accelerated. An important additional benefit of moist wound healing is that it offers immediate pain relief, an urgent need for breastfeeding mothers with sore nipples.
Lansinoh has been specifically developed for the treatment of sore and cracked nipples alongside help with positioning and attachment.
Lansinoh works by the process of moist wound healing. Studies reveal moist wound healing offers a soothing environment for sore nipples and as no scab is formed healing is accelerated. An important additional benefit of moist wound healing is that it offers immediate pain relief, an urgent need for breastfeeding mothers with sore nipples.
Where to buy LANSINOH in the Netherlands
(Waar kan ik Lansinoh kopen in Nederland? Winkels zoeken)
There aren't many options if you have sore or cracked nipples in the Netherlands. The best nipple cream, "Lansinoh" is very difficult to get hold of. It is not available in Etos, Kruidvat or Trekpleister.
The following online stores stock Lansinoh:
La Leche League Nederland:
http://www.lalecheleague.nl/Hulpmiddelen/Lansinoh-zalf/Detailed-product-flyer.html
Price: 6.50 Euros for 10g tube
Newpharma (Belgium):
www.newpharma.be
Price: 16.12 Euros for the 56g tube.
Pichibaba:
http://www.pichibaba.nl
Price: 10g of Lansinoh for 7.60 Euro, or the 56g version for 17.25 Euros!!!
Amazon.co.uk:
www.amazon.co.uk
Price: 7.09 GBP for 56g Tube of Lansinoh
Therefore, if you are breastfeeding or have sore nipples, I suggest you order Lansinoh from Amazon. I ordered three tubes from the marketplace provider "Meds Chemist" for 7.09 GBP per tube and paid only 3.95 delivery. It took about 10 days to arrive, so I suggest you order 3 or more packs, then you save on the delivery charges too.
Link to Amazon page for Lansinoh:
Lansinoh Lanolin Cream - 56g
There aren't many options if you have sore or cracked nipples in the Netherlands. The best nipple cream, "Lansinoh" is very difficult to get hold of. It is not available in Etos, Kruidvat or Trekpleister.
The following online stores stock Lansinoh:
La Leche League Nederland:
http://www.lalecheleague.nl/Hulpmiddelen/Lansinoh-zalf/Detailed-product-flyer.html
Price: 6.50 Euros for 10g tube
Newpharma (Belgium):
www.newpharma.be
Price: 16.12 Euros for the 56g tube.
Pichibaba:
http://www.pichibaba.nl
Price: 10g of Lansinoh for 7.60 Euro, or the 56g version for 17.25 Euros!!!
Amazon.co.uk:
www.amazon.co.uk
Price: 7.09 GBP for 56g Tube of Lansinoh
Therefore, if you are breastfeeding or have sore nipples, I suggest you order Lansinoh from Amazon. I ordered three tubes from the marketplace provider "Meds Chemist" for 7.09 GBP per tube and paid only 3.95 delivery. It took about 10 days to arrive, so I suggest you order 3 or more packs, then you save on the delivery charges too.
Link to Amazon page for Lansinoh:
Lansinoh Lanolin Cream - 56g
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