Hi Joan, Saw your post on nipple discharge and have a couple of questions for you or any others who would like to answer. When I was in training I was taught that colostrum is a by-product of pregnancy, consequently an adoptive mother who is pumping would not get colostrum. I don't know what the colored discharge would be then but I sure would like to hear from others what your knowledge and thoughts are. Yaffa \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Yaffa Stark, MA, IBCLC Los Angeles, Calif., USA "We must identify and reduce barriers which keep women from beginning or continuing to breastfeed their infants." C. Everett Koop, M.D., ScD. Former Surgeon General ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////