Jan Riordan, I agree with you on the fact that most mothers have some transient tenderness, and that there do seem to be two types of sore nipples...I liked the piece you wrote on this subject. Thanks. Kathleen Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC, LLLeader, co-owner Lactnet, LLLOL, Corgi-L LACTNET WWW site: http://www.mcs.com/~auerbach/lactation.html Personal WWW page: http://together.net/~kbruce/kbbhome.html