I have an online friend expecting her third child. With both prior deliveries, she was unable to nurse due to severely inverted nipples. She did seek help, used shells, and tried with each child for several months to nurse, but ended up pumping and bottle feeding both. She is somewhat discouraged already, prior to delivery, as she encountered an attitude of "if you can't do it right, don't do it at all" attitude. I don't know where she sought help, so I have no idea if it was just a friend, or LLL, or an IBCLC. She wrote to me asking me about shields, and I encouraged her to seek help from an IBCLC who knows her stuff before delivery, and I offered to help her find someone. I know there are directories out there, and in fact I referred her to one such listing, but I thought a fellow LactNetter might be a good resource. Thanks in advance. Offlist is fine to save bandwidth. Trish Kuper [log in to unmask] *********************************************** 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