Dear Mary, Saw your post on lactnet. Congratulations on your IBCLC certification! Anyway, I remember doing a home-visit with a 40 year old, first time mother whose parents were visiting. She has sore nipples and she told me she felt uncomfortable breastfeeding IN HER OWN HOME (!) because her father was present. Talk about issues that can affect breastfeeding. After a few position suggestions, we talked about realistic expectations and alternate accommodations for her parents. She did go on to breastfeed for over 2 years. By the way, this woman was a highly educated engineer who later, demonstrated how a breast pump works during a local news broadcast during World Breastfeeding Week! She returned to work around 4 months and pumped for at least a year. A rough beginning, but as success story in my book! Heidi S Roibal in Albuquerque, NM *********************************************** 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