Dear April and fellow lactnetters, I read with interest your problem with "huge nipples". I met my first "huge nipples" more than nine years ago and wondered desperately how to help the crying and distressed mother. She surprised me with her sheer determination. At that time, I was no Lactation Consultant, I was only a breastfeeding counsellor and friend to her. So I just suggested expressing her breast milkk until her baby's gape grew big enough to grasp her breasts. We did not even try using any breast pump, as you might guess it, none of the flanges would fit and so we just hand expressed and she managed to put her baby to breast four weeks later. She had the same problem with the second child and expressed until he was able to feed from her breasts six weeks later. I've since seen more of such nipples, which I nickname "fishball" nipples- they were big and rounded. We ought to award such mothers for all their determination and commitment to breastfeeding. Hope you can continue supporting the mother you are helping, she may one day tell you she's able to breastfeed because of your encouragement. Best wishes for the season. Doris Fok from wet and sunny Singapore!