MAM Nipple Shields Size Medium (Pack of 2), Breast Shields
MAM Nipple Shields Size Medium (Pack of 2), Breast Shields with Sterilisable Travel Case, Breast Protectors to Support and Enhance Breastfeeding
MAM Nipple Shields
As a new mum, you may feel as though nursing is a difficult or daunting part of caring for your newborn baby, so MAM is here to help.
MAM Nipple Shields are available in three sizes and make it very easy for babies to drink because they feel so familiar thanks to their silky smooth SkinSoft surface and their natural shape. MAM Nipple Shields are designed to be used when you have sore or cracked nipples; they protect nipples during breastfeeding and allow you to breastfeed for longer.
Self-sterilising
Can be self-sterilised in three minutes, for easy and convenient sterilising on the go. Simply add water and pop in the microwave!
Are there different sizes for the MAM Nipple Shields?
Yes, MAM currently offers 3 different sizes of Nipple Shield. Size 1: 17mm | Size 2: 20mm | Size 3: 23mm.
Nipples 17mm or less diameter use Size 1.
Nipples 18-20mm diameter use Size 2.
Nipples 20mm or more use Size 3.
How do I know what size shield I need?
To find the right size: use a ruler and measure both your nipples, this should be done right after breastfeeding or expressing.
For a more detailed walkthrough check out our video: “How to find the right size for you”
How can you sterilise these nipple shields?
These nipple shields are packed in a handy self-sterilising travel box. Please see instructions for details.
They can also be sterilised in boiling water, an electric or microwave steam steriliser or in sterilising solution.
Are MAM breastfeeding products BPA/BPS free?
Yes, all MAM breastfeeding products are BPA/BPS free.
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 MAM Nipple Shields Small |  MAM Nipple Shields Medium |  MAM Nipple Shields Large |  MAM Manual Breast Pump |  MAM 2-in-1 Breast Pump |  MAM Double Electric Pump |  MAM Storage Solution Pots | |
| Type | Breastfeeding Shields | Breastfeeding Shields | Breastfeeding Shields | Manual Breast Pump | Electric & Manual Breast Pump | Electric Breast Pump | Food Storage Jar |
| Quantity | Pack of 2 | Pack of 2 | Pack of 2 | 1 Pump | 1 Pump | 2 Pumps | Pack of 5 |
| Rechargeable Battery | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Easy Start Bottle Compatible | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ |
| Self-sterilising | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| BPA/BPS Free | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Weight: | 20 g |
| Dimensions: | 11.6 x 8.7 x 6.5 cm; 20 Grams |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Composition: | Silicone |
| Dimensions: | 11.6 x 8.7 x 6.5 cm; 20 Grams |
| Reference: | BC0320 |
My little boy has a minor tongue tie which has caused latching issues. I was gutted thinking this was going to mean I wouldn’t be able to breastfeed until my midwife suggested trying silicone nipple aids. Anyways we rushed out and got some from boots buy they were rubbish and l then I came accross these. They are amazing..so easy to use. He latches straight away with no issues at all. They are really sturdy. No suction issues. Unlike the boots ones that kept popping off etc. If your struggling out there mumma’s I definitely recommend trying these
Used in the early days when it can be so painful. Purchased these to take the pain away. It just took the edge of a little and allowed my nips to heal a bit so I could continue.
I don’t think I would have been able to continue without them. Lifesaver!
My 5 day granddaughter, wouldn’t latch on probably.. my daughter was having to express and give to her daughter her milk via a bottle.
We ordered medium which was a perfect fit, my daughter put them in place,( really easy soft silicone)
and her daughter latched on we have had successful feeds on the breast since. Excellent product .
Good product, sticks better than alternatives and easy to use. The mam products all seem very good (the bottles work great too) and the baby has ane easier time using them
Wish I’d used these with my first baby, these have saved our breastfeeding journey. Sometimes midwives and health visitors see these as a “last attempt” and to get off them quickly but I don’t know why- they make feeding pain free and did not affect my supply. Young baby took to them no bother!
Ordered these because my son wasn’t breastfeeding due to confusion with dummy, popped these on every so often for a feed until eventually I would take them off and breast feed him, he finally latched, these were great take a little getting used to as he sometimes used to knock them off the nipple but in general handy
I initially began using shields a day after giving birth as my son wouldn’t latch onto my inverted nipples. He was also later diagnosed with tongue-tie and a high palate. These are the ones he seemed to find easiest and they also have the longest nipple part of the shields we tried.
I ended up buying all sizes of this shield before deciding which were most effective. Finding the right size made a massive difference, not just in comfort but in my baby’s ability to get milk from my breast.
I have posted a comparison photo showing all sizes of nipple shield in relation to one another. The flat part of the shield is the same for all sizes it is only the nipple part that differs.
For me, I found the small appeared to fit but gave me blood blisters and my son got very little milk from my breast. I found large to be most effective, I think because of my inverted nipples it helped to draw as much of the surrounding nipple into the shield as possible.
They are easy to clean and sterilise, you can sterilise them in the case they come with and they are lasting well despite repeated cleaning.
My son is 3 months old now and we are still using these shields. I use them whilst doing breast compressions to make it easier to remove milk as the shields act as a bit of a barrier. With the support of my local infant feeding team I intend to continue to use them as long as they are still working for us.
These shields have made the difference between me being able to breastfeed or not so I cannot praise them enough!
I bought these in the early days of breast feeding when my nipples were painful.
Although they don’t completely stop the pain, they can make a feed bearable and gives your nipple a break.
Theyre easy to clean and you can sterilise them in the microwave.
Well worth the money to give your nipples a break if you’re in pain!
I used this so much during the start of my breastfeeding journey and found it very essential. My baby struggled to latch and this made it so much easier at the start. I don’t think I would have been able to continue my breastfeeding journey without these. They are not the best to clean as the plastic has slightly stained but great for short time use while baby learns to latch.
Thoroughly recommend – I had a sore cracked nipple during the first week of breastfeeding. I used this mam shield along with a nipple cream & it provided relief straight away. Baby had no trouble using it or latching on – if anything it made the latch even easier for him due to a small tongue tie. After a few days I was healed and am able to resume brrast feeding without the shield!
I was sceptical about these, but I am determined to keep breastfeeding, so I gave them a go as they were discounted in the Black Friday sale.
They are really thin and stick themselves to your breast. The sensation is similar to a plaster on a cut, and after a moment you won’t notice they’re there. They clean quickly with soap and water, and sterilise in their little box in the microwave with 15ml (1 tbsp) water in 3 mins.
Baby didn’t make any fuss whatsoever at the change to the nipple, and he took from both sides as if nothing had changed – and went for both sides.
You can still feel the sucking sensation, but it is muted. The particularly cracked side was still sore, but nowhere near the shocking, stabbing pain it has been.
Hopefully these will give me a chance to heal, and continue to provide much needed comfort.
Great love that this is available as breast feeding for first was struggle. Not yet used as waiting for babies arival but from trying on can tell it will help alot. Measurments also helped to get the correct size.
If you’re struggling to feed and don’t have these – but them, buy them now!
I stopped breastfeeding my first son at 3 weeks because it became so unbelievably painful, I’d cry every time he latched on. My nipples had cuts in them. (Trench nips, as I call them!)
Low and behold, I’m lucky enough to have just had my second little boy and guess what… trench nips! (And by day 4 this time, no less.) So. I thought I’d try these nipple shields.
I kid you not, I’ve gone from tears of pain and devastation to tears of shear joy and relief the SECOND I tried one of these!!! I didn’t even feel baby latch on. I thought it’d still take a couple of days for the trench nips to heal hut nope – no pain! Just comfortably feeding my gorgeous boy whilst holding him and breathing him in!
Life saver!!!!
What can I say , my baby is a few days old and I’ve been so upset as it’s my last baby and really wanted to breastfeed this time and could not get a latch no matter who tried to help and my baby isn’t tongue tied. I bought these and she responded straight away my milk had just come in so boobs were killing today, so happy with these !
Don’t know what I would do without these, my nipples were too sore to feed my newborn and it was really making me depressed, I tried using an electric pump and hated it as I wasn’t getting much milk from it. I also tried a manual pump which worked a little but was really time consuming. Then finally I baught these nipple shields and it’s honestly the best thing I ever did, better than I expected. I can now feed my baby as normal and it doesn’t hurt at all
We really struggled to latch and breastfeed so a midwife recommended we try a nipple shield. Once I started using it it was a game changer, breastfeeding is a breeze now
happy with this purchase and have bought more.
I can’t explain how amazing these nipple shields are, they are comfortable to wear, stay in place well and most importantly they helped my baby latch on after refusing to do so for days! I can’t explain the relief i felt when they worked. Definitely worth a try if you are struggling with sore/bleeding nipples from a bad latch or if baby won’t latch at all. We’ve managed to cut down formula to once a day since these arrived.
I could never get my newborn to latch and I was so close to giving up on breastfeeding as pumping was painful and difficult. I bought these and they are a gamechanger, she latched immediately and my milk came. I nearly cried I was so grateful
Don’t know why people don’t talk about this often 10/10 must have
This shield is harder than my original ones from a different brand
Baby has not taken to it therefore not using it though it may be ok for some that started on a harder silicone
Other than that I don’t feel there are any problems
Pro – can sterilise in a micro with the plastic casing which is useful
The relief of the first feed with these!! I was having to brace for the pain and almost crying with each feed, but these have instantly helped. No pain, instant latch and longer feed. Amazing.
After the birth of our first baby my fianc and I were in a pretty steep learning curve!
These were recommended to use by the midwife and worked a treat. The fit was nice and quality top notch, comes in a little plastic case for carrying around too.
Best ones on the market according to the Mrs. Only the Phillips ones come close (figure of 8 shape better than circular). The small nipple size is actually fairly accomodating. The case can be used to sterilise them in the microwave so no need for a sterilise
Had my reservations using these but decided to try as one side was hurting more than it should, it wasn’t completely painless but did give a little protection, unattached on occasion and had to be held, did notice there’s a Left & Right if you look closer on them
I got a medium thinking they’d be ok for my D breast which went up to E during pregnancy. The nipple part itself is really long however – I read nipples get longer In pregnancy which is true but not that long – I’m lost in there!! I should have got a small!
Haven’t used the product yet as baby is not due for another 2 weeks but will give them a try see if he can reach nipple from the end of the long plastic!
Needed this product urgently so hubby ran out to boots to buy the small. Product itself is great and a godsend for those suffering cracked, sore nipples (mine were actually bleeding). Helps with flat nipples too in my experience. Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend product itself.
I gave birth to my little boy via c-section under GA in an emergancy. So we both weren’t we’ll post op & he especially was sleepy so establishing breastfeeding was so difficult. I also have extremely soft & inverted nipples so he struggled to latch & we were both in tears. I was worrying about supply & ended up giving formula for his first days.
I thought I’d give these a go. To give him something to latch onto whilst asleep & to keep going. He latches so well onto man bottles & thought why not +great reviews.
We started using these today & we’ve managed to breastfeed all day, no tears and it’s been pleasant! My milk supply is building. I know they say the only struggle is to ween off nipple guards but that’s not a concern as if this is what I need to do to help my body feed my baby boy – it’s not a lot to ask.
I know there’s a lot of controversy, I’m now in so much of a happier place, they’re so soft and easy to sterilises. We are now bonding so much better and understanding so much despite a traumatic birth!
Mam you saved me & made me survive the baby blues & gave me so much.
I was just about to give up when someone suggested I try nipple shields. I selected these ones as my little one was drinking from MAM bottles.
I started using this when she was 2 weeks old and ever since the first day of using them I have been exclusively breastfeeding now for 8 weeks.
Nipples shields get a lot of stick but I think they are amazing. They haven’t affected my supply at all, I’m fact I think they help my baby as I think I may have a fast let down.
Because of them I have had a pain free breastfeeding journey which I know so many people struggle with.
I don’t see any reason to wean my baby off them as she is gaining weight lovely, maybe I will one day but for now I couldn’t feed without them. I purchased 4 sets in total so that I wasn’t constantly washing them, although very easy to do.
My baby is now 2 months old and I used these shields alot between weeks 2 – 4. The birth didn’t go to plan and ended up being an emergency csection. I felt like I had let my baby down. Then in the hospital I was really struggling to get my son to latch and asked every nurse to help me. It was very stressful and I secretly cried and felt like even more of a d
Failure. I was only allowed to leave hospital when I showed he was latching then as soon as I got home we really struggled again. Looking back it was very frustrating and upsetting. At his first midwife appointment he had lost 6% weight and had to be weighed twice again untill he reached his birth weight after 2 1/2 weeks. After the first appointment I bought these sheilds and I can honestly say its the difference between him thriving now on nothing but breast milk and instead having to bottle feed. They are easy to use and steralise. I was using them non stop for about a week and bought another set. My breast were getting engorged and he couldn’t latch and these solved that. He went back to the bare breast fine and now we dont need them. He was weighed by the health advisor at just under 8 weeks and is at 90 percentile for weight and 98 for height and I am so happy to see that he is growing well. If for whatever reason you are hesitant to buy these shields give them a go!
She couldn’t latch properly and took loads of time and effort to get enough milk. We spent all her awake time nursing which left my nipples very sore and she’d fall asleep hungry from the effort.
PROS: these shields provided enough protection for my nipples to heal whist still nursing. Baby found these much easier to latch onto when she had the tongue tie. The sterilisation case is a handy feature.
The nipple shields combined with catching let-down in a silicone pump to feed baby as a top-up after nursing meant that we had no problems with weight gain while we waited for her tongue-tie division procedure.
However, they had some very frustrating aspects which meant that I was relieved when I didn’t need to use them anymore.
CONS: They’re hard to put on effectively, especially one handed. You can kind of slap them on in a hurry but they’ll probably fall off mid feed, or may come away in baby’s mouth when they pull their head off. It’s difficult to use them discreetly and I didn’t feel comfortable feeding in public while using them. It’s yet another thing to have to remember to keep clean and next to you for feeds, so I kept one upstairs by the bed and one by my downstairs feeding spot.
Also be aware that it can take weeks to wean baby off nipple shields and learn how to latch onto the nipple properly. Once my nipples were less sore, I’d regularly skip the shields and top up the feed with a bottle, so baby was used to alternating between nipple and silicone teat. I think this helped her re-learn how to nurse without using shields after the procedure.
Overall, the benefits greatly outweighed the frustration as they helped my baby continue to gain weight and helped both of us continue breastfeeding while we waited for a tongue-tie division procedure.
For me this has been a real game changer. My baby is 10 days old and has struggled with latching from the beginning. She refused to feed from the left breast and would only feed from the right after struggling to latch anywhere from around 15 mins to 1 hour and by that time she was exhausted and extremely upset and hungry. I spoke to multiple midwives and health visitors, I’ve also breast fed successfully before so know what the latch should feel like and how she should be latching on. Nothing I was trying or doing was helping her to latch until I found these. My baby had lost alot of weight since birth and we are having weigh-ins with health professionals regularly. Since using these I have found she latches straight away, feeds off both sides, and with the help of an expressed bottle to top her up after feeds she has started to gain weight again really well. They have totally changed my breastfeeding experience with her and she is a happier and fuller baby because of it. Would 100% recommend trying, it might not work for everyone but it has worked for us. I’m so glad I found these and gave them a go.
Size 2 fits me well, I did measure my nipple to make sure this was the right size for me. I did have to you tube the official ‘how to use’ video to make sure I was doing it right. The instructions it comes with on the pack aren’t really clear.
They sterilise in their case really easily and quickly.
Only cons I have are that the silicon doesn’t always stick particularly well to skin surrounding nipple but given how well she is feeding now I don’t mind.
Sometimes baby is so hungry they just latch straight onto the nipple part because it’s quite prominent and in their face. This latch does hurt so be sure to take them off, re position and get a wider, deeper latch with the shield on and then it should be much more comfortable. They are great but you still have to get the right positioning with them in order for them to be comfortable.
Cue finding these. Made feeding bearable whilst I repaired and baby is happy to use them. We are 9 weeks in now and our only issue is that baby still prefers these over the actual nipple and when offered the alternative will only try it for a few minutes before deciding it’s too much effort to latch. We will continue to wean him off the shield but we aren’t unhappy with the situation as baby is feeding well. These literally saved our breastfeeding journey. That is not to say they’re perfect as they can be a bit of a faff and there have been several instances where they’ve come off mid feed – this is mainly down to the fact that I don’t always have two hands free to attach the shield and so it is not fitted correctly prior to commencing feeding. Cleaning isn’t much of a problem – a teat brush is required and I would definitely make a note of the fact that it’s not something that can be used one handed and from time to time even two hands does not guarantee that the shield won’t pop off but overall they’re fairly decent and we haven’t had too many problems.
There is the small issue of looking somewhat like a lactating dominatrix, but again you just get on with it.