Pat I don't think this is something to be too casual about. Inflammatory breast CA comes to mind. I understand it starts with red areas that aren't necessarily tender in early stages. It's the worst kind in terms of outcome statistics so should be identified as early as possible for best chance of treatability. The nipple retraction is suspicious for something happening within the breast. A needle biopsy at this stage might not be such a bad idea. If it turns out to be nothing, there's plenty of time for healing before the baby is born. Hopefully it is nothing, but the alternative is serious enough to be ruled out. Winnie *********************************************** 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