I have heard that children who are bf go through puberty later, and that this decreases incidence of cancer due to decreasing number of , say , menstrual cycles that a person's life would contain.. Kathy Dettwyler, does this ring a bell? Anyone? Kathleen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Kathleen B. Bruce, BSN, IBCLC, LLL Leader Co-Owner Lactnet, LLLOL, Corgi-L E-mail lists LACTNET WWW site: http://www.mcs.com/~auerbach/lactation.html A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother. -----------------------------------------------------------------