The inverted syringe technique for management of inverted nipples in breastfeeding women: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Women with inverted nipples may struggle with breastfeeding and may stop exclusive breastfeeding before six months. The use of an inverted syringe to evert the nipples was successful in achieving high rates of infant latching and exclusive breastfeeding in case series but has not been tested in clinical trials. This open label, parallel group, randomized clinical trial investigated whether the use of the inverted syringe technique in women with inverted nipples would increase exclusive breastfeeding rate at one month, as compared to standard care.

Methods/design

Between June 2018 and January 2020, healthy pregnant women (N=54) with grades 1 or 2 inverted nipples were randomly allocated to standard care or to an experimental group that used the inverted syringe tec

SUBMITTER: Nabulsi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8817654 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature