Lanolin is a product used in many skin care products to help with dry or cracked skin.  It is also used in several nipple creams that you may consider using during your postpartum period.  When you first discover you are pregnant and begin asking friends and family what important items you need when your baby is born, you may be encouraged to have nipple cream ready as soon as you get home from the hospital.  While it is true those first few days or weeks postpartum can result in painful or cracked nipples, this may not be true for you.  Painful nipples are not inevitable, but a result of a poor latch, and all it takes is one bad latch.  One bad latch in the beginning when you and your baby are both learning how to breastfeed can cause a cracked nipple which is then exasperated every time you nurse due to the moisture and sucking, which causes it to take FOREVER to heal…