> I noticed in an earlier post about pacifiers that someone mentioned that > the use of pacifiers would prevent the mother from using LAM as a > contraceptive. > I haven't seen this opinion reflected in the literature - have I missed > something? The WABA site mentions baby not feeding at least 4 hrly during > Ruth Lawrence says in her new edition, on page 660 "It has also been shown that if the infant uses a pacifier rather than receiving non-nutritive sucking at the breast, the suppression of ovulation is diminished." Lawrence says this is taken from a study by Lewis, renfree and Brown (1991) Fertility and Sterility 55:529. I have always understood that with LAM no other kind of sucking or nutrition should be introduced to the infant. Susan *********************************************** 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