Danielle, An International Breastfeeding Journal article by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett just came out on March 30th about how breastfeeding plays a role in protecting maternal mental health: "A new paradigm for depression in new mothers: the central role of inflammation and how breastfeeding and anti-inflammatory treatments protect maternal mental health" The link to the original article is here: http://www.internationalbreastfeedingjournal.com/content/2/1/6 I've written about it here: http://www.breastfeeding123.com/breastfeeding-protects-maternal-mental-health/ Warmly, Angela White, LLLL, JD *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]