Lactnetters, I met a mother yesterday who was agonising about weaning her 10mo baby because she needed serious surgery (hysterectomy) and her GYN told her that breastfeeding "thickens the blood", thus increasing her risk of a blood clot following surgery. I couldn't convince her that this was nonsensical - it made sense, she explained, because "breastfeeding sucks fluid out of the blood to make milk". She claimed her GYN had told her this. Since I know this doctor, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it were true. ARRRGH! Btw, I apologise if I haven't answered any posts of late - still having computer problems. -- Anna H. Breastfeeding advocate and writer http://www.ratbag.demon.co.uk/anna/ *********************************************** 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