Sorry, I posted this without a subject heading and I wanted to make sure fellow lactnetters would read the following, I need some answers to the following questions. I posted two of them before but no one responded. If they have been done before could someone please tell me how to "search" the archives for them. Thanks in advance. 1) Can a person use hormonal birth control and still safely nurse. If so what kind. 2) How long is it normal to be able to express milk from a breast after weaning. This person has weaned 2 yrs ago and is concerned. 3)Has anyone heard about mucosal lining ( I think bacterial population) being altered due to pacifier thus causing a predisposition to ear infections and would sucking thumb cause the same result? -- Warmllly, Ilene Please come to my "mall" http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4558 "Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have! -- Warmllly, Ilene Please come to my "mall" http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4558 "Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have!