Catherine, I worked with a mom about two years ago who was early postpartum with her 6th child. Her auxilliary breast went to about baseball size - each pregnancy it got bigger. There was NO nipple tissue. In about 48 hours of applying green cabbage, the mother felt the swelling had resolved. Previous babies it had taken more than a week. I did encourage her to make certain that the cabbage did not get onto the producing breast. Linda Pohl, IBCLC Phoenix, Arizona USA [log in to unmask]