Chris Tharion asks if anyone has experienced anything like the case she describes. Lots and lots of women have. Without knowing what the blood values referred to, and just going by the clinical description, it sounds like a threatened spontaneous abortion, a common occurrence regardless of whether the woman is currently breastfeeding another child. By the time you read this, it should be clearer what is happening. It could also be non-significant first trimester bleeding, also unrelated to BF. To put it another way, if this pregnancy wasn't destined to continue, and some aren't, then BF makes no difference one way or the other. Don't let anyone tell this woman otherwise. If breastfeeding were that effective as an abortifacient, we would have known about it long ago. Rachel Myr Kristiansand, Norway *********************************************** 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