I'm off to my BF books to look further into this, but am wondering if anyone has ever found a reason or cure for breasts that itch. I searched the archives and found many asking the question but did not find a real answer. My client called to say that she has been having intense itching on/in her breasts. Like when you are pregnant and your stomach itches and itches. Her baby is just 3 weeks and two days old. Her nipples and areola are not really itching it is just the breast. She is already back to nursing school and said she has had to leave her classes a couple of times to go to the restroom to scratch. It is sometimes more intense after pumping but between pumpings it starts up too, hence, the leaving class. Kathy Rasmussen mentioned perhaps it had something to do with oxytocin. The mom wonders if it might have to do with the larger breast growth now that she has a good supply. We talked about diet, detergents, soaps, thrush/yeast, and have narrowed an item down to the Evenflo disposable nipple pads that she started using just before this started happening. But if it is a physical reaction to milk letdown or hormones what can we do. Heat, Benadryl, hydrocortisone? Any ideas? Thank you, Cheryl *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html