Welcome to Lactnet Sonja! Good point re: Rob's baby - thrush HURTS, contrary to popular pediatric opinion that it is a benign condition. Re: sore breast. I think we need to keep an open mind - and do whichever feels best. Heat for plugged ducts has a long history of helping even tho we "know" it is contrary to physiology for inflammation. Sincerely, Pat in SNJ *********************************************** 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