Carolyn asked several times for information on pierced nipples. I have no experience with this but remembered reading something in the Journal of Human Lactation (JHL) awhile back. In the Sept/94 issue Nikki Lee wrote asking for information on this. Then in the June/95 issue she wrote again with some information she had received from Virgina Thorley Phillips in Australia. This information was originally "reported in Partyline, the newsletter for Queensland... Nursing Mothers of Astralia breastfeeding counselors." "The mother had one of two nipple rings removed after experiencing latch-on problems. She then breastfed exclusively on the side without the nipple ring. At the site o fone of the pierced holes, she reported the existence of a 'painless, large milk blister.' Additionally, she noted that hardened yellow colostrum appeared on the non-feeding breast which gradually resolved on its own after several weeks." Leslie Ayre-Jaschke, BEd, IBCLC Peace River Breastfeeding Clinic Peace River Alberta, Canada