At 23:26 30-7-00 -0800, you wrote: >Hello Everyone, > >My name is Jamie Stouffer - I am the mother of 2 children (10 and 2.) Welcome to this list, Jamie! She has severely inverted nipples and large breasts. Her baby (born after a basically normal birth with no forceps/vaccum but longish pushing stage with a nurse who manipulated the head some) has a tiny little mouth. He is coming 3 weeks now and has yet to really nurse. About the overwhelming response.........I don't know, I've noticed that a lot of us are off to ILCA! Now back to your query, I think that you've covered about everything. Maybe you could check the 'Large Breasted Nursing FAQ' for some more tips on positioning when large breasted. You'll find it at: www.vireday.com/plus/Large-Breasted_Nursing_FAQ.html Another thought that crossed my mind...did you check for tongue-tie? (both upper and lingual frenulum). I guess the cranial work-up could benefit this baby. Just a few more considerations.......hope this helps, a bit. Warmly, Renate Rietveld, IBCLC Rijswijk, The Netherlands -------------------------------------------------------------- Renate Rietveld, IBCLC E-mail : [log in to unmask] Homepage: http://www.casema.net/~rietveld/index.htm -------------------------------------------------------------- *********************************************** 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