A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . tions before rubbing greatly ^°™entahelps to soften up the breast. By fomentations ismeant the application of flannels wrung out in hotwater, constantly changed as they cool. Theseapplications should be continued for fifteen to twentyminutes at a time. After their use if the baby beput to the breast or the breast-pump be used,themilk will generally flow quite freely. Those breast-pumps are the best which depend Breast 11 L pumps. for suction on the power of the mouth. The Phoenix breast-pump is the one generally preferred. T
A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . tions before rubbing greatly ^°™entahelps to soften up the breast. By fomentations ismeant the application of flannels wrung out in hotwater, constantly changed as they cool. Theseapplications should be continued for fifteen to twentyminutes at a time. After their use if the baby beput to the breast or the breast-pump be used,themilk will generally flow quite freely. Those breast-pumps are the best which depend Breast 11 L pumps. for suction on the power of the mouth. The Phoenix breast-pump is the one generally preferred. They maybe used by the nurse, or a patient may i88 OBSTETRICAL NURSING. use such a pump herself should a nurse not bepresent. Hand pumps are not good, as too muchforce is apt to be used in making suction—the nip-ple may thus be torn off. Where a breast-pumpcannot be had, a simple contrivance may be resortedto for emptying the breasts which is often veryeffective. A bottle filled with very hot water maybe emptied of its contents, and while still hot the Fig. Breast Pump. mouth of the bottle closely applied over the the bottle cools the nipple is drawn up into theneck of the bottle, and the flow of milk induced. When the breasts are pendulous, handkerchiefbondage of bandages, properly applied, make a good support. Their application is as follows : The base of thehandkerchief, folded as a triangle, should be placedobliquely across the chest and under one breast, Handker-chief MANAGEMENT OF THE LYING-IN. 189 with the apex or summit of the triangle over thecorresponding shoulder; one angle is carried overthe opposite shoulder, the other under the axilla,or armpit, of the same side. These ends should be Fig. 30.
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