Without an obvious source of the bleeding, she should be evaluated to rule out breast cancer; acknowledging the caveat that medical and surgical training is not up to speed on breastfeeding issues, I've always been taught that bloody nipple discharge is cancer until proven otherwise. I'll be interested to hear the outcomes of her workup either way. Has she been able to pinpoint the source of the bleeding? Is it superficial, from a laceration of the nipple, or is it coming from the ducts? Shannon McElearney, MD Department of Surgery University of Virginia *********************************************** 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