Product Description

Medela Contact Nipple Shield - Standard

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #534 in Baby Product
• Size: NO SIZE
• Color: NONE
• Brand: Medela
• Model: 67203

Features

• Helps with latch-on difficulties
• Thin, pliable silicone for maximum comfort
• Contact Nipple Shields feature open section for greater skin-to-skin contact between mom and baby

Customer Reviews

So helpful!
I have short nipples, and using the shield was an excellent way to train my little girl to latch on and pull my nipple out. Breastfeeding alone was so difficult at the beginning, but once a lactation consultant introduced these plus the medela nursing supplementer, we were good to go. I highly recommend for those having difficulties with latch on.

Excellent for helping correct latch & protecting nipples
My baby has a pretty poor latch and did some serious damage to my nipples. With the help of a lactation consulant, I did my best to correct her latch, but to little effect, so in week 3 we tried this. You need to use this correctly, but this nipple guard can help both with latching issues and with soreness. I give it 4 stars only because it doesn't always stay put, but that's the nature of such a product, I think.

Great for BF problems
My son was five weeks early. Giving him my breastmilk was very important to me. He had a poor latch and a worse suck, so I pumped and gave him a bottle. Everyday I would try him first at my breast then give him the bottle. For six weeks I did this. It was exhausting and I was ready to give up. At my baby shower someone gave me the contact nipple shield as a gift. He was old enough to have a good suck. In three days he went from bottle to shield to breast only. It was exactly what he needed to make the transition.
All that said, this should NOT be the first thing you use with your infant. A good lactation consultant will tell you to work with your healthy, term infant for good latch and suck. Giving advice such as expressing a little milk before putting baby on, so that the breast isn't so engorged that it's impossible for baby to latch; would be a great place to start. I don't believe this product was ever intended to be used as a substitute for a good latch.