The doctors who practice at the hospital where I work seem to use a *lot* of pitocin. The induction rate is high, many labors are augmented with pitocin, or the moms have bled heavily so have bags of it after delivery. My partner and I seem to see so many mothers who seem to have little colostrum and/or milk seems to come in really slowly, most of whom have had pitocin. Does anybody else see this, or are we imagining things? I remember Linda Black mentioning a possible effect of pitocin on breast cells at a conference a few years back, but I think it was just speculation. Anybody know of any research into this area? Becky Krumwiede, RN, IBCLC, Appleton, WI, home of dry babies [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]