Dear Fran:
    I do have an article (unpublished, if I remember correctly,and at least 7
years old) about using an electric breast pump to induce labor.  If you give
me a fax number, I can fax it to you.
     My understanding is that it works at least as well as pitocin (surprise,
surprise), BUT cannot be tapered up and down like a pit drip can.
     My midwife did use it during my second labor.  Actually, I used it at
her suggestion.  It certainly worked.  The problem was that once it started
to work, it was hard to keep doing it.  It felt like self-inflicting pain.
 But yes, it worked.
     Happy BIRTH day! :D
Debi Ferrarello, RN, IBCLC