Dear Lactnetters, I am responding to the posts that wonder if there is a corrlation between many births and lactation failure. In Israel we have a unique situation which enables us to address this issue...at least anecdotaly. Many of us work with populations that have a very high birthrate. I provide BF support to such a community. Many of our LLLL's have more than 7 children...I can think of one with 11. Looking through my notes the women who have had problems with supply in a later child always seemed to have an identifiable problem not related to pariety. I have had mothers who have only started Bf sucessfully with the 5-6-7th child. I can remember some conferences here in Israel when the LLLL was BF her littlest along with her daughter who was bf her baby. Having said all this I think that the question of whether maternal birth rate influences milk supply is interesting and worth studing. I know I will keep it in mind for now on.Sincerely Toby. ------------------------------------- Name: Toby Gish R.N.LLLL.IBCLC E-mail: Toby Gish <[log in to unmask]> Date: 06/02/96 Time: 08:46:16 AM This message was sent by Chameleon -------------------------------------