Lanolin from Sheep, Pesticides and Breast Feeding. Bahhhd!

Dr. Michele Brown, OBGYN and Founder of Beauté de Maman, Natural Products for the Pregnant Woman, has released her latest article regarding the relationship between lanolin, pesticides, and the breast feeding woman. Dr. Brown's opinion is clear.
 
Jan. 11, 2010 - PRLog -- Dr. Michele Brown, OBGYN and Founder of Beauté de Maman, Natural Products for the Pregnant Woman, has released her latest article regarding the relationship between lanolin, pesticides, and the breast feeding woman. Dr. Brown's is clearly an advocate of being on the safe side when it comes to not using Lanolin based products when breast feeding.

"As you may know, most breast feeding women are sent home from the hospital, after giving birth, with a lanolin-based product to help relieve their sore, chapped nipples. As a physician and OBGYN, I am very concerned about this and want to send you this warning about lanolin based products.

The first thing you need to know is that pesticides have not one, BUT TWO, ways of getting into lanolin-based nipple gels and creams. It all begins with sheep—as lanolin comes from the sebaceous glands of these animals.

  1. Lanolin is an animal based product, 100% cholesterol, and is taken from sheep that graze on grass that is treated with pesticides.
  2. Sheep are often drenched with a chemical that prevents parasite infections. This chemical gets absorbed into the wool and oil glands of the sheep. After the sheep is shorn, the wool is sent to a special chemical scouring bath to separate the lanolin from the wool.

Once processed, lanolin is then concentrated and sold to companies that create creams, ointments, and cosmetics.

Several studies have demonstrated that there are residual pesticides in lanolin-containing compounds IN SPITE of purification by the companies that produce it.

This means that lanolin that is purified most likely will have residual pesticides both from the wool and from the grass that the sheep graze.

Therefore, when a new mother breast feeds using lanolin-based products, her infant may be getting trace amounts of these harmful chemicals. In addition, some women have wool allergy and will react to lanolin based products. Religious women who cannot have milk with animal products also cannot use lanolin. Lanolin is also a dark brown, greasy and smelly gel and is known to stain undergarments and bed linens.

I have developed an omega 3 fatty acid plant based, colorless and odorless gel with calendula officinalis. This herb is a well known remedy that is antibacterial, antifungal, and helps to prevent mastitis. This gel is moisturizing and soothing to the nipples and does not need to be wiped off prior to feeding. It is colorless and odorless and does not stain clothing.

All of my products have been pretested on hundreds of pregnant women and all ingredients have been carefully screened on physician only databases for safety. I have given out free sample packets to every delivered patient at Stamford Hospital with fantastic success and wonderful comments.

Happy breast feeding!
Dr. Michele Brown
OBGYN and Founder of Beauté de Maman

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Beauté de Maman is an all natural and herbal skin care line developed by an obstetrician for her pregnant patients. Beauté de Maman is now sold around the world including China and the Middle East. The product line includes a stretch mark prevention cream, a pregnancy acne remedy, a facial scrub, a morning sickness supplement and a nipple gel to relieve sore and cracked nipples during breast feeding. Dr. Michele Brown is a board certified obstetrician with a thriving practice in Stamford CT.

Dr. Brown's Pregnancy Articles and more information can be found at http://www.beautedemaman.com

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