Ok after all the stuff I said about the paper here's one from today's paper to add to the list of GOOD Stuff about BrF: The Press-Enterprise (Riverside CA) <<<BREAST- FEEDING HELPS MOM'S CONTROL STRESS New mothers who breast-feed produce lowere levels of stress-relates hormones than women whose babies arent nutsing, according to new research. The study, conducted by doctors at the National Institute of Mental Health, is believed to be the first to consider the relationship between lactation and the production of stress hormones. Earlier studies in rats showed that nursing supresses a variety of physical responces to stress, including the realease of stress hormones. Dr. Margaret Altemus and several colleagues studied 20 women who had given birth recently. Half were nursing their babies and half were not. Each underwent a *stress test*. While the stress hormones levels measured before the test were similar in both groups of women and there was an increase among all women after the test, the increase was significantlly less among the wpmen who were breast feeding. The finding was reported in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.>>> YEAH a good news Bf study but we already knew that Bf moms were calmer didn't we? ;-) Could someone please pick up the article from med line or the journal itself and pass it or the citation (issue page author etc) on to me? TIA Marie Davis