I always thought that the increasing after pains was due to the fact that the uterus had been stretched "again' and was trying to get back to normal and had a harder time of doing it. Just MHO. Maybe a midwife on the list can tell us the actual mechanics. Pat in SNJ *********************************************** 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