Nancy,
        Did you have any responses to this post?  I saw a mom yesterday,
delivered 10 days ago, 4 weeks early with the same "freckles"--mom's
description.
Would be interested in hearing what our learned colleagues had to say....

TIA--
LLL Love,
Karen Zeretzke
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

On Tue, 17 Sep 1996 13:43:25 +0800 "Nancy Sherwood LLLL, IBCLC"
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>A 32 week pregnant first time mom-to be asked me to look at her
>nipples
>today at a LLL meeting ( in private).   She has what I would describe
>a
>s"skin tags" on her areolas and little pin hole sized black spots on
>her
>nipples.  They all look like moles.  This woman said that she never
>had them
>before pregnancy and wondered if they would have any effect on her
>breastfeeding. She had never shown them to anyone else becasue she was
>too
>embarrased.  I told her that I thought that they were hormonaly
>induced and
>would probably not make any difference at all.
>
>I have never seen anything like this before.  have any of you seen
>and/or
>had any experience with this?  What is it and what is your opinion?
>Thanks!
>
>Nancy Sherwood- LLLL, IBCLC- Perth, Australia
>