I have just been to the hospital in our area, shadowing one of the Lactation Support Specialists (RNs who are hired for 4 hours a day to see bf moms and make phone calls - I know, this is not enough time, but it's a start!). One mom we saw had a question that I could not answer. During the breastfeeding of her first child she developed some extra tissue at 2 o'clock at the border between her areola and her breast skin of her left breast. If it were exuding milk, I would almost think of it as a bifurcated accessory nipple. But it (they) is not releasing anything. Each section of tissue is about 1 cm long, 1/2 cm wide and 1/4 cm thick and they are attached to her areolar skin by a base about 1 1/2 cm. They are the color of the areola skin. I could not see or feel any ductwork or any glandular tissue that appeared to be connected with them. She said it did not shrink between pregnancies and she is worried that it may be a problem. Due to language barriers (she only speaks Spanish), she had never mentioned her concern to her MD prior to delivery. There seems to be no pain (of course, she just delivered, so I don't know if there will be some once the breasts are fuller or engorged), though she did have sensation there. Could these be skin tags? I've only seen a few of these, and they've always been very thin. If she's not careful, I could see the baby latching on and sucking them by mistake. I did ask the nurse to write a note to the OB asking for an evaluation, but thought I'd ask you... Jeanette Panchula, RN, IBCLC Vacaville, CA *********************************************** 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