I developed my Beauté de Maman Nipple Gel because certain products on the market contain ingredients that may not be safe for breast feeding babies. If you are a breast feeding mom, please be wary of nipple gels and creams containing the following ingredients.
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Lanolin
If the nipple product contains lanolin, do not use. Please see our article below regarding pesticides, lanolin and breast feeding babies.
Read more about pesticides in lanolin-based products
Olive Oil
If the nipple product contains olive oil, we recommend you put it back on the store shelf. Why? Because Beauté de Maman did a trial of products containing olive oil prior to being released onto the market and found that the product crystallized and became rancid after 3 months, similar to olive oil that is used for cooking. We therefore opted to use a different omega 3 fatty acid — one that is healthy for newborns and maintains shelf-life for a much longer period of time.
Marshmallow Root
There is no data on the safety of marshmallow root and therefore this ingredient should not be used for infant ingestion until clear safety data is available.
Beeswax
There is also no data on the safety of beeswax and therefore this ingredient should not be used for infant ingestion until clear safety data is available. Beeswax comes from honeycombs which is found in candles. Furthermore, honeycombs are where bees produce and store their honey. Honey may contain spores that contain botulism. Pediatricians warn new parents to never give honey to an infant under one year of age. Beeswax may still contain honey particles and therefore I would not recommend using a nipple gel product containing beeswax.
Shea Butter
Shea butter is a cholesterol compound similar to cocoa butter. It is considered a saturated fatty acid which most individuals are trying hard to eliminate in their diets as recommended by the National Institute of Health. Beauté de Maman uses a monounsaturated fatty acid base, which is a much healthier alternative for the newborn infant.
Consumers be wary: Watch for companies that make blanket statements regarding ingredients that are not factually based. Many of the sources used by these companies are from cosmetic databases derived from online retailers solely written to lure consumers. Only use products researched on databases that pull safety data from evidence based medical research studies.
Beauté de Maman Nipple Gel contains only safe ingredients that have been researched by a board certified obstetrician from unbiased scientific literature from the Reproduction Toxicity Database.
This is an information system that lists environmental hazards to human reproduction and development. It also contains summaries regarding the specific effects of medications, chemicals, infections, and physical agents on pregnancy. It is used by clinicians, scientists, and government agencies to make decisions regarding the safety of products in the US. We are proud of our record regarding infant safety.
The reproduction toxicity database provides information that we, at the Beauté de Maman laboratories, rely upon for safety standards.
About the Vitamin E in Beauté de Maman Nipple Gel
Toxicity has a great deal to do with purity and dosages.
All Beauté de Maman ingredients are pure and well within the acceptable dosages for pregnant and lactating women.
The recommended daily allowance (RDA) for vitamin E is 15 mg/d during pregnancy and 19 mg/d during lactation. The recommended upper limit is 800 mg/d for pregnant and lactating women under 18 years old. The recommended upper limit is 1000 mg/d for pregnant and lactating older women. Beauté de Maman Nipple Gel contains 1% of purified vitamin E. The most a baby ingests from our product line is 1 gram of nipple gel a day, or about 10 mg/d of Vitamin E per day—well within the normal range. Therefore, the amount and purity of Vitamin E in Beauté de Maman is safe in pregnancy.
Back by popular demand!
Below is a reprint of our previous article on lanolin and pesticides.
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.
Lanolin is an animal based product, 100% cholesterol, and is taken from sheep that graze on grass that is treated…
Read more about pesticides in lanolin-based products
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I didn’t quite follow this at first. But when I read it a second time, it all started to make sense. Thanks for the insight. Definitely something to spend some time on.