Jennifer wrote:

<She says that she has cramps at various times throughout the day
(has LA) and wonders if it may be related to bf'ing her 4mo old. She says
they are not really painful, but are certainly noticeable. She bf all her
babies and has not experienced this before, but says friends of hers with
large families tell her this has been normal for them as they have gotten
older. Anyone heard of this?>

I remember reading an article a long time ago about research in Israel on
the use of a breast pump for labor induction. This was tried specifically
because the uteri of grand multiparas (larger number of pregnancies) are
so sensitive to oxytocin.

Techniques of those times (25+ years ago) were said to be not technically
advanced enough to avoid precipitous labors if pitocin would have been
used.

Jean
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K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
Dayton, Ohio USA

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