Cracked nipples = ingested blood with milk = spitting up blood. Fix the sore nipples, positioning, saline soaks, lanolin etc. I've found that babies don't seem to digest this blood, rather spit it back up. Sincerely, Pat in SNJ *********************************************** 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