Marilee, Shooting pains in the breast are often a sign of systemic yeast. This mom had sore nipples, which may also have been yeast and with the antibiotic treatment she's been on it is a strong possibility. I've found that once it gets that bad, systemically, a systemic med is usually indicated, i.e. diflucan. Hope this helps. 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 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////