Hi all, I have found with several mothers with flat or inverted nipples that if baby opens mouth widely and latches well onto the areola, often the shape of the nipple is a non-factor. I approach it as such first until shown otherwise. Forming the 'sandwich' is very helpful. Susan Potts rn ibclc Minnesota Got to go horseback riding today again! On a large part workhorse/part Arab. My dh said he was a 'beefcake' horse and showed me his strong man pose! I begged him to do it again and again, he is so funny! ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html