Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I love these silly things! They made nursing work with my heavy milk let down. I could kill all the lactation consultants who warn that your milk supply will dwindle with these--that warning only applies to the OLD shields that were made of thick rubber. I have a strong let down that was gagging both my kids at birth and these shields made it so they could regulate the flow a bit better. Although I tried to wean my first daughter off the shield because all the consultants made me feel terrible for using them, she would only nurse with it, so we used it exclusively for 18 months! I never had any cracking, thrush, or any nipple issues either, and I think these shields really helped with that! Now that I have a second baby, I was having terrible pain when she was nursing. I had every consultant in the hospital give me different advice telling me I was holding her wrong, I was sitting wrong, she will grow out of her strong latch, my nipples will toughen up, and meanwhile, I was crying with every feeding and had bruises on both nipples. At 5 days old, my husband saw me clenching my teeth and curling my toes as I latched our baby on my now-bruised boob and he said "remember those witch's hat thingies you used before? I'm going out and getting you some! You never cried like this with our first!" And he was right! He got one and nursing has been easy and comfortable ever since, for 5 months now. I plan on using it until she weans, hopefully at 12-18 months like our first. I have a huge milk supply, never had any troubles with supply or latch because of these. I wish consultants would get better-informed and stop making new mamas feel like crap for using these.