Everyone, please note this request. With nearly 1800 people now on LACTNET (and we are still growing!), KB and I are seeing many repetitive requests for references and other items being posted by persons relatively new to LACTNET. We welcome all the newcomers. However, to avoid unnecessary repetition, we are ASKING that you PLEASE GO TO THE ARCHIVES if you are searching for references on a particular topic BEFORE asking that they be reposted for everyone to read again. Many many times, the searcher will find not only what they were looking for (those references), but numerous comments from a wide variety of individuals-to whom they can then communicate privately-if they have additional questions or want to get into the subject a bit more deeply. This post is NOT intended to dissuade people from posting, but rather to ENCOURAGE USE OF OUR ARCHIVES AND SEARCH OPTIONS which were developed to assist us all. Please use this resource. Thank you (from the co-mothers) KGA and KB. mailto:[log in to unmask] "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." Kathleen G. Auerbach,PhD, IBCLC (Ferndale, WA USA) [log in to unmask] WEB PAGE: http://www.telcomplus.net/kga/lactation.htm LACTNET archives http://library.ummed.edu/lsv/archives/lactnet.html