I have a mother whose nipple tip craters in, almost like a volcano. The nipple itself is erect, but the top surface folds into itself. Each time the baby latches and sucks, the baby pulls the crater out and breaking the adhesions and re-injures the site. It is now bleeding at every feeding. This is this mom's 3rd baby. She is very careful about the latch. Hydrogel dressings don not help because after a feeding the crater inverts again and the hydrogel doesn't touch that site. I've suggested she talk to her doctor about the possiblity of an antibiotic cream like bactroban. Even a pump will pull that crater out and cause bleeding. Any other suggestions? *********************************************** 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