Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I have just arrived home from spending the day at the hospital with my husband and his family, waiting while my father-in-law went thru some risky cancer surgery. (the surgery was very successful, thank you :-) I came home exhausted and head-achey...and read that marvelous post! It made my day! I agree about moms who need to say "I've tried EVERYTHING...even a Lactation Consultant....." My favorite was a mom a few years back. I had to go through a security gate at her mansion. Was announced by a "real" butler, and saw many staff working throughout the house. We were even interrupted by Cook, to plan the dinner menu!! Mom had real sore nipples. Instead of breaking suction, she just pulled baby off the breast after 10 minutes. Among other topics, we talked about breaking suction. Mom had 2 inch long sculptured nails, which she told me she had manicured once or twice per week. I had the audacity to suggest that she have one nail shortened for a week or so, so that she could break suction until baby got the idea. She stood up, asked me to leave her house, and said "Babies make some change in life, but do you actually think I would cut my nails just so that I could breastfeed??" She later wrote me a letter, appalled that I would have made such a personal, intimate suggestion and that I was way out of line!! Of course this mom also would have "done anything" to be able to make it work! Hope the dog didn't get to her!! Still smiling, Diane DiSandro, BA, IBCLC