A reference was made to using wild yam for preventing miscarriage in the discussion of heavy periods. Could an herbalist in the audience clarify this? It was my understanding that wild yam is used for laboratories to synthesize natural progesterone from but that our bodies can not get progesterone from the wild yam. Are there other uses for it related to pregnancy or breastfeeding? -Lucy Towbin, LCSW, IBCLC *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html