Background: Nipple soreness is one reason why breastfeeding women wean their infants. This study examined the effectiveness of three topical agents--USP-modified lanolin, warm water compresses, and expressed breast milk with air drying--in alleviating nipple pain, and if early predictors of breastfeeding at six weeks could be determined.
Methods: One hundred seventy-seven breastfeeding, primiparous women were randomly assigned to one of four groups.
Objective: To examine various comfort measures and evaluate their effects in alleviating nipple soreness.
Design: Prospectively randomized, experimental study.
Setting: Postpartum unit of a community teaching hospital.
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