Kym Re your mom w/ pain while nsg and hx of breast implants and possible tuberous breasts. This is not clear cut. It seems fairly benign (not entirely benign) to treat for yeast w/ all the anti yeast measures. With her hx of chronic vag yeast this could be the culprit or a contributing cause to her pain. If it is nerve injury or ducts not able to release milk, there is no way you can reallly tell her if the pain will abate. She could try pain medications, antidepressants meds (see archives for discussion of their use w/ certain kinds of pain). She could try a nsg supplementer if her supply is low and that may help the pain, becoz it often does when there is good milk flow while the baby is nsg. Check out her pumping too to make sure she is pumping correctly and with good pump. Of course make sure the basics of good latch and positioning are covered first. And check the baby for oral anatomy (tongue tie, palate etc). Good luck to this determined lady. 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