Hi all-- Listed below are two new journal studies that I received on MedScape today....this is a great FREE service that sends you listings and links to online journal articles. I signed up specifically for Women's Health issues, but you can obtain other listings if you like. Just look for medscape.com and sign up. The one article supports what we all know about another advantage of breastfeeding. The second one concerns me, as it supports the use of IV fluids during labor, which many of us have anecdotally seen as potentially causing some problems with extra fluid in the breasts in the immediate post partum phase. The article has a critique attached that places some caveats on it, but you know that many will just take the research at face value, so we must be aware of the consequences that it brings. Kathy Rubin in NJ LONG-TERM BREASTFEEDING LOWERS MOTHER'S BREAST CANCER RISK Women who breastfeed for at least 2 years cut their risk of developing breast cancer by nearly half compared with women who breastfeed for less than 6 months, researchers report. http://womenshealth.medscape.com/33317.rhtml?srcmp=wh-020201 A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effect of Increased Intravenous Hydration on the Course of Labor in Nulliparous WomenGarite TJ, Weeks J, Peters-Phair K, Pattillo C, Brewster WR Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2000;183:1544-1548 http://womenshealth.medscape.com/33177.rhtml?srcmp=wh-020201 http://womenshealth.medscape.com/Medscape/features/JournalScan/WomensHealth/20 01/js-wh0401.html *********************************************** 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