Interesting post from Christine Lichte about other mammals and latching to the breast...just musing this morning and wondering if the huge variations in nipple and areolar shape and size are factors in human bfing problems. I am fascinated by animals and am a semi-regular zoo visitor; it seems that other mammals have much more consistency, within their species, in the shape and size of the nipple than we human gals do. I mean, I have seen nipples varying from 3-4 cm in diameter, all the way down to the "itty bitties" that are 1 cm or less. I have seen ladies with virtually no areolae (actually that particular mom had no palpable breast gland, either), up to areolae that were the size of a saucer. I am not a zoologist or a vet :) but I have not observed these extreme variations in other animals I have seen. Any animal specialists out there want to enlighten me on this one? Carole __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com *********************************************** 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