Hi, everyone! Hmmmmm. I think some clarification is in order. I am suspicious of a possible connection between obstetric ultrasound and learning disabilities in the child if: (1) there were frequent (2-4) U/S scans done before 20 weeks gestation; and/or (2) there were frequent (more than 6 or 7) scans done over the whole pregnancy. **There is no way for me to prove my suspicions.** That's why I call them suspicions. I have seen only 2 women with breastfeeding problems that I *believe* I have eliminated every other factor I can think of, to be left with the fact that they had an awful lot of ultrasound scans. One had 8 (her OB liked doing them, no medical reason), and the other had at least 13 (now *this* was a nightmare pregnancy, premature contractions, ovarian cyst). I just saw a sweet religious woman who is starting her 7th month after IVF, married 7 years, quite anxious (well, we can understand that!!!), breastfeeding very important (and there are both cultural and psychological reasons for this too!). Because of the IVF, she had frequent early U/S scans that I'm not entirely convinced were justified, but that's beyond my protocol. I'm anxious to see how this little one does with breastfeeding. I already urged the mom-to-be to try to do without epidural and to refuse pethidine (demerol). BTW, the conventional wisdom in Israel currently seems to call for 3 routine scans during pregnancy: one to verify age of fetus, one to check "systems", one to check growth. In my heart, I can justify only the middle one as a routine. Many health professionals become extremely passionate and lambaste me as some kind of monster because of my position and beliefs. Sorry, I don't have a problem with this. After my heart breaking over and over because of my daughter's problems with learning disabilities for all these years, if there is ANY TECHNOLOGY with a risk for causing LD, I would hope that there's a darned good soul-search over risk-benefit for every single case, test or scan. Yes, I still have a lot of rage, and this is how I resolve it. Dizzy from the soapbox, Judy Knopf in Beer Sheva, Israel