Naomi writes: I am participating in a one day conference on June 7 on women's health and Jewish law. I am the women's health part for the session on "Fourth Trimester: Childbirth, nursing and contraception.'" If anyone has some basic info on post partum depression and contraception and breastfeeding (both bf as contraceptives and effects of other contraceptives on bf and milk supply) Any sources for public domain handouts and some basic info for me and my co-presenter would be most appreciated. ~~ Sounds like a good event, Naomi. One thing this reminded me of: when I used to do LLL meeting in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood here in Brooklyn, we would talk about how normal tenure nursing is the way to help families space their children according to Design. With some mothers feeling a pressure to have a lot of children, they felt they should wean or not nurse so they could have more. We talked about how this is a form of manipulating fertility just as artificial and inapproriate ( for these moms and their values) as taking contraception to artificially interfere with conception. One mom used to say "I had my 8 children, I just had them in 20 years instead of 10 and it's much better." This modeling was great. In this community the word "contraception" was not used, unless it referred to a situation where for medical/other reasons there was a reason and acceptance of not having another child. The focus was on health child spacing. LAM may be something mothers want to learn about since it is not at all the same as "the rhythm method." Here are some links.: _LLLI | The lactational amenorrhea method_ (http://www.llli.org/ba/Aug93.html) _http://www.fhi.org/training/en/modules/LAM/pdfs/lam_factsheet.pdf_ (http://www.fhi.org/training/en/modules/LAM/pdfs/lam_factsheet.pdf) Both of these are written by Dr. Miriam Labbok, who is a great lady and the LAM expert. Peace, Judy Judy LeVan Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL Brooklyn, NY, USA **************Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in the U.S. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002) *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome