Dear Friends: The magic of the SNS lies in the placement of the tubing. It must stick out a little beyond the nipple so that when the baby takes the breast, the tubing goes into the back of the mouth, along with the nipple. When the baby suckles, that posterior mouth space fills; if it fills with mamma's milk, then nothing is taken from the tube. If there is no mamma milk, the negative pressure will drain some milk from the tube. The breast is being stimulated either way. This way, a mother can see her supply increase as the baby takes less and less from the flask. Warmly, Nikki Lee RN, MSN, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CIMI, CCE, craniosacral therapy Adjunct faculty, Union Institute and University, Maternal and Child Health: Lactation Consulting Supporting the WHO Code and the Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative *********************************************** 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