hello all. I will introduce myself briefly as I have not used LACNET that often, although i have found searching the archives endlessly useful. i am an IBCLC working both in and out patient at a large hospital in San Francisco, California, USA i have permission to ask you all about a patient i saw on Sunday. i searched the archives, but did not find this particular issue addressed. She gave birth to her third child last week and told me this history. first pregnancy, uneventful. Breastfed that child without difficulty for 17 months. with her second pregnancy, she got sore, cracked nipples, while pregnant, that cleared up after about a week of breastfeeding. same with her thrid pregnancy. she has spoken with her OB, a dermatologist and me with no adequate answer as to why this has happened or how best to treat it while pregnant. she found even the water from her shower would be painful and open up the cracks (while pregnant)! her OB recommended vaseline (pretroleum jelly) while pregnant. i gave her some 'soothies' to try as she already had pur-lan. . . Any help/answers/comments? please email me privately also, as i am no mail at this time. Elaine Jewell, IBCLC Thanks in advance to you all. *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [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