Yael asked,

<< And how does this relate to the idea that breastfeeding (all other things
 >being equal) can help a mother lose pregnancy weight?  Does it?  Are any of
 >you still telling mothers this?  >>

I tell mothers that *many* women lose weight more easily while bf, though
*some* will find that the last few pounds do hang on stubbornly until weaning
for reasons that are really not clear.  Also that if you are squirting X
number of calories out of your chest every day they have to come from
somewhere, and that for a lot of lucky women they seem to come from all that
pregnancy storage of fat; but that we don't understand well how that fact
interacts with hormonal control of weight, appetite, etc.    In other words,
improves your odds, but no guarantees.

Now I guess I wonder whether it is really "not well understood" or just "not
well understood by me."   If anyone knows more I am eager to learn it...

Elisheva Urbas, NYC

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