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"Jeanette F. Panchula" <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 1 Sep 1999 19:41:32 -0400
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Jan,
I certainly don't know the answers to all the questions you posed - but was
wondering if we could use that as a gauge of the risk of breastfeeding in
pregnancy.

If OB is concerned enough about release of oxytocin that he would recommend
no sex, should that be the time that breastfeeding also needs to be
stopped?  Could it be that some women do have more oxytocin receptors
earlier in the pregnancy and therefore they DO need to stop breastfeeding? 


Trouble is, the "no sex" ban could also be for other reasons such as
infection.  And the ejaculate has the ability to ripen the cervix -
directly - something breastfeeding does not....

Frankly, I don't remember having that much strong let-downs later on in
breastfeeding...by the time my kids were eating other foods well, I either
wasn't having as many, they weren't as strong, or perhaps I was just not
feeling them???

Jeanette Panchula, BSW, RN, IBCLC
Vacaville, CA
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