From personal experience I am also suspicious of a hormonal influence making nipples sore during pregnancy and immediete postpartum. Has anyone else experienced this or have any literature supporting this? B. Lukas RN IBCLC --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! *********************************************** 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