In a Swedish book on child rearing I read "Five hours of sleep for a lactating mother equals eight hours of sleep for someone who doesn't breastfeed". No reference. Hence my personal experience this is not correct. Breastfeeding or not, I still need 8-9 hours a sleep each night to be the Mum I want to be. The sleed could be interrupted 10 och 15 times during the worst years, that was no real problem, but I had to get a certain amount of sleep, way more than 5 hours. Is there any scientific support for that five hours of sleep would be enough if you lactate, if you need 8 hours otherwise? Marit Olanders, Sweden editor of Amningsnytt, Swedsh bf magazine, and a mother of 3 *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome