Hi everyone, I am Angela Burton, an LLLL. I currently live in Bitburg, Germany. I'm finding the technical and not so technical threads here on Lactnet very interesting to follow. Since I am a fairly new subscriber, my question may have been addressed before. If so apologies for the repetition. For those of you who have had success using nipple shields for bringing out inverted nipples: 1. What are your criteria for their use. 2.How often and for how long does follow-up occur/continue. 3.How do you suggest handling transition to the breast, especially when baby is extremely recalcitrant? Some background; we have a mix of American and english speaking women of other nationalities (mainly German) in our community and LLL group. In the past 12 months or so we have had 3 moms in our group using nipple shields on medical advice who have not been able to make the transition to the breast. Since I have no experience of successful use of these shields and continued bf, it is difficult for me to be positive about their use, however if they could really help a mom bf, I would hate to discourage her from trying them. We do not have access to an LC in our area, so my co-leader and I tend to be called in this kind of situation. Posts to the list or e-mail to me privately at [log in to unmask] would be very much appreciated TIA Angela Burton