I note in Barbara Wilson-Clay's and Kay Hoover's excellent The BF Atlas there is discussion of this on p. 15. "Meier et al found [N=34, 31.9 ave gest age] ...that these babies were able to take in 14cc more...with a nipple shield..." The ref is Meier, Brown, Hurst, Spatz, Engstrom. Nipple shields for preterm infants: effect on milk intake and duration of bf. Abstract, 1999. I assume this means it is yet to be published. Can BWC or others give us more details? Laurie Wheeler, RN, MN, IBCLC Violet Louisiana, s.e. USA ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com *********************************************** 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