Boobs like madonna! (Breast Shells)

Member Name: kezbomb

Product:	Breast Shells
Date:	26/11/01 (569 review reads)
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Advantages: easy pour spout., saves clothes

Disadvantages: no good for lying down to feed

When you make the decision to breast feed you dont think you will need any equipment, well you dont really, not unless you are planning on using flannels in your bra's and stay in with your child 24/7.
Here is a list of things that I thought were a must whilst breast feeding-

3 Maternity bra's
1 Bra for night feeding
Boots disposable pads
2 pack of breast shells
Avent breastpump and bottles

I used breast pads and found them great when you're not feeding they just slip in your bra and you dont even notice that they're there,and help to protect your clothes, but when it came to actually feeding baby you get soaked.

You see unless you've actually breastfed a baby you wont know that when your baby is feeding on the one breast your other one starts to leak like mad, the breast sort of comes out in sympathy with the other one.

So I set out to find something that I could use other than stuffing a flannel into my bra.

I had alook in Mothercare and found they had a large variety of breast feeding products such as bra's creams, breast sheilds and breastshells.

I picked up the box of breastshells had a read and decided to give them a whirl.

They come in a pack of two so you can wear one on each breast instead of the pads. But if you do decide to wear them both you will look more like madonna in her younger days!

I advice you wear just the one shell while feeding on the breast you're not feeding with of course, and have the other one at hand to put in it's place incase it fills up.

The shells are plastic and break into two halves so that they can be cleaned easily, they also have a small hole in the middle for the nipple to fit into and then the milk can drop into the bottom and save your clothes from getting wet.

They also have a little spout, which you should make sure is placed at the top while feeding so the milk does'nt pour out
. This spout is usefull so that the milk that gathers in the shell can be poured into a bottle for later use for when you go out.

The bad thing about these is that if you use them on a night while in bed, I advise that you make sure that you're sitting up, as when they start to fill up all the milk runs out and it wakes you up with quite a start.

But they are a great idea, and my aunts all wish they were about when they had their kids.

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