In a message dated 97-06-05 14:04:04 EDT, you write:

>I have used the breast sheilds with the sns tube under the shield
>several times with good results. The one mom I had with nipples so
>inverted that they acctaullt dimpled is now bf successfully without any
>bf aids :)

I hope you all are talking about placing the SNS tube through the nipple
shield and not the  breast shield.  I have heard this done successfully
before.  I have a difficult time visualizing doing this with the breast
shield.  I will never forget though a father asking me when I was explaining
to his wife how to place the breast shell/shield on the breast "how does the
baby nurse through that breast shield?".  Have a good day all.

Pat Bull, RN, IBCLC
The Breastfeeding Connection/Medela, Inc.
Naperville, IL