>This is what the repro endo told my patient: >"Breast feeding does alter your hormones. Tubal motility is affected by >alterations in hormonal status---if your periods are delayed, lite, or >absent than most certainly your hormonal status is affected by your breast >feeding...if they are entirely normal menstrual cycles then the effect of >breast feeding is likely nominal." >Thoughts? Without knowing the research and literature on this topic, it sounds logical to me, but there are lots of people who have ectopic pregnancies who are not nursing and lots of people who are nursing who have normal pregnancies, so we are talking about statistical chances of something happening. Those are the terms in which we speak medically, but it doesn't mean much for one individual. On the other hand, if this woman had an enctopic pregnancy while nursing, then there is at least a chance that this is the cause, and she should make her decisions accordingly. We should also note that this doc is not just saying stop nursing becasue it's easy , but has a reason for his recommendation that seems grounded in a clear understanding of the mechanisms at play here. The other possibility is to delay pregnancy until she has finished nursing. Obviously, that is a personal decision. Naomi Bar-Yam *********************************************** 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(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html