I'm sorry I've closed my digest and forgotten the name of the person asking
what one of these is...
It looks like a silicone thimble with a silastic tube at the bottom which
attaches to a 2 ml syringe - a little more complicated with one way locks or
something as well between the syringe and the 'thimble'.  When the 'thimble'
is placed over the inverted nipple (which is what it is designed for) and
suction is created by withdrawing on the syringe it is meant to draw the
nipple out.  Apparently it is meant to be worn for increasing lengths of
time and the manufacturers say it's fantastic...

I don't really buy the bit about the nipple stimulation being sufficient to
cause labour (I believe that's what the FDA said, I just don't believe it
would), but Joy's point about losing the suction due to colostrum buildup
sounds reasonable.

Phillippa Thomson (at the LRC) are you out there?  What has NMAA's 'gadgets
advisors' made of it?

Thanksgiving in Canada - do you do all the same things the US do to
celebrate? (turkey, cranberry sauce - that's all I know)

Denise Fisher
Brisbane, Australia
(about as far south of the equator as Florida is north)