Dear friends, I visited our State Medical Library some days ago; I became curious what research can be found in Russian and Ukrainian journals I have found article, which I think, can be interesting. It has an abstract in English but journal where it was published is not indexed for Medline. (May be journal people should somehow apply to get their journal indexed?) **** Morozova NA Pilipenko OM Clinical-ultrasonographic correlations of lactation // Pediatria,akusherstvo ta gynekologia.-1997. N5 p 64-65 [Article in Ukrainian] Abstract: Ultrasonographic pictures of breasts of 58 pregnant and 21 postpartum [women], who had cesarean section, were presented in this article. It has been established that ultrasonographic investigation of breasts is a valuable test, which can show morphological differentiation of breast tissues during pregnancy. Certain relationships between morphological differentiation of breast tissues and their localization were evaluated. Proportion of secretory and fat tissues in the breasts can be used for prognosis of lactation activity. **** They looked at the breasts when moms were 6-12 weeks pregnant, then at 13-20, 21-26, 27-31, 32-36 and at 37-40 weeks. Basing on the ultrasound picture of breasts at the first scanning they divided 58 women (26 of them were primiparous) into three groups: mostly glandular breast tissue (21 women), mostly adipose (fat) breast tissue (13 women), and mixed type (even proportion of glandular and adipose tissue - 24 women). Breasts changed as pregnancy progressed. Right and left breasts changed at different speeds. Initially, 25.7% of right breasts were of glandular type, 66.7% - of the mixed type and only 6.7% - of the adipose. 23.3 % of left breasts were of glandular type and 21% - of adipose (3 times more than right); 56.8% left breasts were of the mixed type. As pregnancy progressed, the fat tissue was displaced by the glandular. This process had different speed in the right and left breasts. Right breast: 6-12 weeks - 6.7% of breasts with prevalent adipose tissue; 20 weeks - 3.3% of that type; this type completely disappeared at 26 weeks. Left breast: 6-12 weeks - 20%; 20 weeks - 13.3%; next scan [time not specified, but I think it is 27-31 weeks] - 3.3%; completely disappeared at 31 week They also studied changes in the different quadrants of the breast. sincerely yours, Victoria Nesterova bf supporter, Kiev, Ukraine. *********************************************** 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