I agree long nipples can make it difficult for a baby to latch on over lactiferous sinuses. Some babies have a very forward gag either in front of mid tongue or front of hard palate. Excercise can desensitize the gag and the mother needs to persist with good attachment. Barb Ritson in Tassie Aust in haste [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