Becky: I'll take a stab at this since no one else did...My impression is that this mom may be experiencing a vaso-spasm, perhaps similar to what some people experience in the vaso-vagal response. Does she have any symptoms of Raynaud's syndrome? Did she have any symptoms during pregnancy. If she were my patient, I'd probably want a full physical work up (that's why I hadn't commented earlier). Has she seen a chiropractor? Depending on the answers to the above, one possible treatment would be to use niacin as a vaso-dialator. Chris Hafner-Eaton, PhD, MPH, CHES, IBCLC [log in to unmask] mom, wife, educator, lactation consultant, researcher, scientist, author, organic gardener, photographer, lapidary creator, lousy cleaner. *********************************************** 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