I can't restrain myself on this one. Just so you know.... When the JHL editorial staff (about 15 people at the time) got together to plan special theme issues, we discussed what readers had told us they wanted. Nipple shields was AT THE TOP OF THE LIST! So, we went with it. I actually thought that we would get more horror stories than "hey, they do work in this situation with which I am familiar" reports. NOT A SINGLE horror story or report of how they impeded breastfeeding came in. As a result, none with that orientation was published. Now (and probably forever), those of us involved with that issue will be pilloried for DARING to consider that such a device actually has a function when assisting mothers. Sorry about the indicators of frustration above. I can't help myself in this partiuclar case. mailto:[log in to unmask] "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." Kathleen G. Auerbach,PhD, IBCLC (Ferndale, WA USA) [log in to unmask] WEB PAGE: http://www.telcomplus.net/~kga/lactation.html LACTNET archives http://library.ummed.edu/lsv/archives/lactnet.html