Diane: article in Birth 29(3) 2002. breast stimulaiton for cervical ripening and induction of labour/ kavanagh, kelly and thomas ..reviewers conclusion: "breast stimulation cannot be fully evauated on efficacy and safety grounds from the included studies. whilst it would appear beneficial in terns of a reduction in the number of women not in labour after 72 hours, and a reduction in postpartum haemorrhage, until safety issues have been fully evaluated it should not be considered for use in a high risk populations. " there was NO instances of uterine hyperstimulationn in a populaiton of 719 women. there was no significant decrease in c/s rate. opart of the reviewers concern is the small sample size/ they also caompared breast stim with oxytocin with no differences found. *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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