Oh my goodness!!! I am so sad after reading that!! I have implants and have had them since before I had a baby. If only I knew then when I know now I would never, never have gotten them. I talk to women I know who want to get them and tell them I don't mean to sound hypocritical but I don't recommend them. I get into the reasons for why, usually focusing on the physical look of the breasts and then on the effects of breastfeeding. Yes, they look GREAT for the first year or so---but then they are just like regular breasts---they sag, get stretch marks, etc. and to top all that off you can get rippling which becomes especially apparent after time when the implant kills off the breast tissue that you do have, you can feel the bag, so on and so forth. What women (my former self included) don't understand is the women on TV and in magazines are covered in body make-up, perfectly positioned, put in perfectly flattering lighting, and then airbrushed on top of it. Really my breasts are no more or less perfect than they were pre-surgery (just bigger) but I love them now more than ever because my daughter has nursed for 22 months and SHE loves them! I figure if becoming a mommy, learning to deal with all the body changes that pregnancy alone brings, and nursing can't make you love your body (breasts included) surgery sure as heck won't!!! ---Christina, LLLL, Broward County, FL _________________________________________________________________ Don’t just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ *********************************************** 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