Dear JP, I would be extremely cautious about advising a mother to use Depo to increase her milk. While some mothers experience an increase as a happy side effect of that particular method of birth control, others experience quite significant and often devastating (due to the rather permanent nature--3 months long) drops in milk supply. And this problem is not limited to mothers who receive the shot shortly after birth. I was once contacted by a mother who had had premature twins. The twins were born 3 months early, were now 4 months old (1 month corrected), and mom had finally gotten them both to the point where they were completely breastfeeding with no supplement. At 4 months postpartum, she got a Depo shot. Within 48 hours, her breasts were back to prepregnancy size and she didn't have a drop of milk. At this point in time, there doesn't seem to be any way to look at a mother and say whether or not Depo will decrease her supply. Dee Dee Kassing, BS, MLS, IBCLC Collinsville, Illinois, in central USA *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html