Claudia Bf at 6 wks is pretty "intense" in terms of the hormonal milieu. The way I look at it anyway. Perhaps she has recently resumed intercourse too. Let the mother know that in later months, or years of bf, the estrogen levels pick back up for many w/ return of menses etc. To me this is a normal phase. I would recommend a local estrogen cream if needed instead of a systemic estrogen. Use of a good sexual lubricant, like astroglide, also works well if the problem seems to be mainly during intercourse. Also r/o vaginal candida. Re the ppd: Weaning can be worse for some. I am not sure what the contraceptives wuold do in this case. Seems treating the ppd w/ psychotherapy and /or antidep. therapy would be prudent. Laurie Wheeler, RN, MN, IBCLC Violet Louisiana, s.e. USA ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com *********************************************** 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