There are several references to nipple blanching related to vasospasm,
becoming chilled, individual hormone levels, and low calcium and magnesium
intake, as follows:-
Successful Breastfeeding (Royal College of Midwives, second edition) p 59
An Overview of Solutions to Breastfeeding and Sucking Problems, Susan Meintz
Maher, IBCLC, 1988, p 14
JHL Vol 8 No 3 (Sept 1992) p 153, good article by Mary-Margaret Coates
JHL Vol 10, No 1 (Mar 1994), p 6, letter from Ros Escott
JHL Vol 10, No 3 (Sept 1994) p 153, letter from Joanne Burke Snyder
Seem to remember seeing something somewhere about nipple blanching being
related to low thyroid (sorry! can't find this reference).
Pamela, Zimbabwe
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