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Subject:	Re: Added protective benefits to nursing twins, multiples
From:	"Karen Kerkhoff Gromada, MSN, RN, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Lactation Information and Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:14:07 -0400
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In a message dated 4/15/2003 11:18:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

> I was speaking to a mother yesterday who is currently nursing 17 month old
> twins. (She also nursed a previous child into toddlerhood.) She asked me if
> the protective benefits of breastfeeding (less breast and ovarian cancer,
> less osteoporosis  ect) would be increased by nursing twins
> instead of a
> singleton.

I'm unaware of any research that looked at BF twins as a particular variable. But it only seems fair!

Karen

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