>Maybe some of you from down under have more access to this journal than > we do here. The reference of the article on soy formula is: Irvine et al, 1995. The potential effects of soybean phytoestrogens in infant feeding. New Zealand Medical Journal, 25 May: 208-209. What a pleasure to find a query that is within my expertise on my first trip through Lactnet! Let me introduce myself. I am an IBCLC who works in the Lactation Resource Centre as an information officer. That means I answer queries from Nursing Mothers' Association of Australia Counsellors (phew, what a mouthful) and health professionals, and do whatever other tasks need doing. Until recently I was also National Coordinator for the Australian Lactation Consultants' Association. I came into lactation from teaching Maths and French to secondary school students via being a breastfeeding counsellor with NMAA. This was quite a career change, but not one I regret. I much prefer working with people who want to learn the information I want to give! Looking through the list of subscribers, I recognise quite a number of names. I look forward to getting to know more of you. BTW the LRC has a collection of almost 11,000 articles on lactation, including the one referenced above. For details on how to access it, you can contact me by private email. I'd hate to break the advertising rules on my first message. Bye for now, Philippa