I had a similar question come up about two years ago and called the Lactation Study Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center, (716) 275-0088. They said that tattoos do not pose a risk to breastfeeding other than the risk of infection to all who receive a tattoo. Another suggestion that I received at the time was to check the blood donation guidelines after a tattoo as a reference (at that time it was 6 months after a tattoo before donating blood). Mary Pesik Wisconsin WIC Breastfeeding Coordinator *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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