17/07/2026
Everything you need to know about silver cups for breastfeeding …. Or is it?
A popular parenting magazine recently ran this advertorial singing the praises about silver cups for breastfeeding.
There are so many things wrong, or just unhelpful about this piece of writing.
Yes, breastfeeding can often be tricky at the start. Yes, sore ni***es are common, though not compulsory.
It’s always worth checking in with your midwife, health visitor, peer supporters, breastfeeding counsellors or IBCLC to try to work out why breastfeeding is sore. It’s probably a positioning or latchy thing. It’s not because your ni***es need to toughen up. It’s vanishingly unlikely to be thrush.
It’s certainly not helpful to have sore ni***es marinating in sweaty milky cups 24/7. Silver or otherwise.
Silver cups have no evidence to support healing or pain relief.
Silver cups are expensive. Probably about as much as an uber to the breastfeeding group.
It takes longer for soggy ni***es to heal.
Silver cups don’t get to the root of the problem.
Silver cups may be useful for short periods of time with long periods of time between uses when you need a bit of ‘nipple armour’.
Remember, the ‘article’ is an advert.
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