sarah look up rusty pipe syndrome in a book or in our archives. not very common but not rare either and usually clears up in a day or so. it is ok to use the milk. check if mom is using high suction or other vigourous or traumatic milk expression technique. Laurie Wheeler, IBCLC, MN, RN Saltillo MS, s.e. USA *********************************************** 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