Hi All, This is another of those situations where the mother has four choices: (imho) 1) Do what the Drs wish and wean even tho she does not wnat to and it will be harmful to the baby 2) Wait until the baby weans then try for another pregnancy 3) Tell the Drs "Thank you for your concern, I have researched this and have decided to try and become pregnant and continue to BF - the choice is mine not yours and you cannot FORCE me to do what I do not want to do." 4) (And I know some of you out there will get mad, but oh well) Lie. Tell the Drs she has weaned even tho she hasn't, try the IUI and continue to nurse her child. Sometimes, as we all know, those in the medical profession make STUPID uninformed statements that they actually know nothing about and put a mother in a position that, if she wants something bad enough, she may very well HAVE to lie about her BF relationship to get what she wants (or needs). I don't think that is an acceptable position for any medical professional to EVER put a woman in. So when a woman decides that her only choice is to lie to her HCP, then so be it. If ALL HCPs were educated propeerly in the area of BF, then BF women would NEVER find it neccessary to lie about whether or not she is BF during some sort of treatment (that it is OK to BF during, but the Dr doesn't think so). Now as a qualifier, I know nothing about IUI, but if it just simply a means to getting pregnant and there are no drugs involved that would be a risk to the BF toddler, then what is the big deal? It is HER body and what she chooses to do with it while trying to get pregnant is HER business. Up too early this morning...and a bit cranky. Why do we women have to put up with this sort of garbage? Jay Jay Simpson, CLE Sacramento, California, West Coast, USA "No Miracles performed here, just a lot of love and hard work."