Hi, Kathleen: I agree with your hospital in that "rigging" a piece of equipment for a use other than its intended original opens one up to all sorts of legal nightmares. I worked with a mother last week who was born and raised in Malaysia, but lived in Australia (where she met her white American husband) and is now living in the US. Her nipples were pretty flat as well as being very inelastic. She brought with her to the hospital a "Niplet" which she purchased in Australia. It's been years since I've seen one of these. It's shaped like a small bicycle pump and fits over the nipple only - mom gives it a squeeze, and viola!, a nipple appears. It got me to thinking, why aren't these in more widespread use as the circumstances dictate. It's very simple to use and inexpensive. I'll be trolling one of the search engines to see where these can be purchased more locally. Maybe one of our "down-under" colleagues can comment on the use in Australia. Pam Hirsch, RN,BSN,CLC Clinical Lead, Lactation Services Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington, IL USA *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html