Pat, If I didn't know better, I would think you would have been describing my family. My daughter was 17 when she had breast reduction surgery (after seeing me have mine at 37). After much discussion with our plastic surgeon (whose wife had breastfed 2 children after augmentation), she decided to have the surgery. He did his best to disrupt as few milk ducts as possible and perserve nipple sensitivity but there is no guarentee. She is now 22 and in college......no babies yet. Only time will tell. I had prepared her as well as possible but the final decision was left to her. At this point, she is very glad she did it. Her backaches have stopped and she is finally able to be seen as the intelligent young woman that she is. BTW, I have 2 more large breasted daughters who have not made the same decision. Debi RN CCE IBCLC Columbus, GA *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html