>>3. Any suggestions on how to support this mother's lactation once she delivers? What should I anticipate?<< Julie, I'm not really in a position to comment on the pregnancy question, but will be interested in other's comments. Chris Hafner-Eaton may have some info on this. Regarding lactation, it might be helpful to see what happens initially. I've been wondering if/how often hyperprolactinemia might induce chronic oversupply. Vitex is considered a "hormone balancer," and as I have also of late been reading on hyperprolactinemia and vitex, have also read that it is considered to be a prolactin agonist. If mom has too much milk, it might be a good choice to help bring things back into the ball park. Alternatively, sage seems to help this also. If her supply is normal, I'd do nothing, and if low, probably stay away from vitex. Try a web search on vitex/chasteberry; there is some interesting stuff out there, sometimes contradictory. Lisa Marasco, BA, IBCLC *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html