Medela Hobbit Breast Shells

Pros: Effective at drawing out inverted or flat nipples
Cons: Pooled milk at the bottom easily leaks out, Pointy Madonna look

If you had mentioned the phrase breast shells to me before the birth of my daughter, I prob ...

Pros: Relieves engorgement, inverted nipples and cracking/bleeding nipples
Cons: You will look like Madonna

Medela Hobbit Breast Shells are the perfect solution for some nursing moms. Nursing moms often encounter painful or frustrating situations as they begin to nurse their newborns. Two of these problems are inverted nipples and PAIN while...

Pros: Eliminates pain, helps to prevent irritation to the nipple
Cons: style, and the hard plastic. the pointy look!

As you all know breast feeding is not the best feeling in the world, at least not for me my son had a suction like you would not believe, this caused my nipples to bleed and protrude out extremely far. During this time it made it difficult to wear bars...

Pros: Inexpensive, may help sore nipples
Cons: Usually unnecessary, no help for inverted nipples

Because I was not successful in my attempts to breastfeed my first baby, I became concerned while expecting my second baby that the problem might be the way I was built. I'd heard about inverted nipples, and being the type to worry, I administered the...

Pros: protects nipples, promotes air circulation
Cons: hard plastic, funny looking, cannot wear in public

When my daughter was born, breastfeeding began without a hitch, or so I thought. After all, she being my first born I had nothing else to compare it to. The first two days went exceptionally well. However, on the third day-- the morning I was to leave...

Pros: may provide relief for some
Cons: ouch, they can hurt

I have had four kids and nursed all of them. I had no problems with my firstborn. No chapping, cracking, leaking, etc. Within three hours of giving birth to my 9 lb son he made it quite clear he would be permanently attached to me. I had blisters and...

Pros: promotes nipple stimulation pre-birth, shelters sore nipples post-birth
Cons: silly looking in your bra, can't wear in public

Medela Hobbit Breast Shells

Breast milk is the best milk for babies!

One of many reasons why I decided months before the birth of my son that I was going to breast feed my child. I had a limited amount of resources to investigate...

Pros: They can draw out flat or inverted nipples; They can catch milk from the let-down reflux
Cons: They are hot and uncomfortable; They make your breasts look "lumpy"

I was told by my midwife that I might want to try wearing a hobbit shell to bring out my flat nipples. This was to make it easier, being a first-time mom, to breastfeed my baby. I took her advice and received a pair through our local WIC program. I...

Pros: Easy to use, a godsend for mothers learning to breastfeed
Cons: none

I was given these breast shells to use while in the hospital following the birth of my son last year. The lactation consultant worked with me extensively. New to breastfeeding, I was having some difficulty teaching my son to latch on properly. I was...

Pros: None I can think of
Cons: Makes your breasts look creepy and they don't really work

Most Medela products are ingenuously designed and so helpful; however, the Hobbit Breast Shells are a bomb-shell! As the mother of a six-month-old who is still successfully nursing despite starting off with inverted nipples, cracked, sore and bleeding...

Pros: catches spilled milk, keeps clothes off of sore nipples
Cons: Makes you look even bustier

These breast shells were one of the best things I came across. I had a hard time breastfeeding in the beginning, but thanks to several Medela products, I overcame my troubles & was very successful in nursing my baby.
This product in particular...

Pros: None
Cons: They seem to 'milk' your breasts, making you leak more.

I bought these primarily so my nipples didn't rub up against anything. I was hoping to bring relieve to my very sore, chapped nipples shortly after my son was born. Also, one of my nipples was slightly inverted and I thought this would help. Yes, they did keep my nipples from rubbing on anything, but they seem to facilitate leakage buy 'milking' my nipple. I would check on them an hour or two after putting them in and find a puddle of milk in the shell. And they were very tricky to pull out and empty them. I spilled a fair amount of breast milk in my lap because these little shells were filled. Oh yeah, they also give your chest a very strange shape when you have a shirt on.
I think I would have been better off just running around topless to assist in the healing of my sore nipples.