<<Kim,
>
> Here's an article dated July 2002 about a study that finds the opposite
> to
> be true:
>
> http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0CYD/14_37/89809152/p1/article.jhtml
>
>
> "In a large, diverse national sample of 605 women who breast-fed their
> infants in the first year postpartum, 15% became depressed, based on a
> score
> of 16 or above on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression
> Scale.
> In contrast, the unadjusted incidence of depression was twice as high
> (29%)
> among the 378 women who did not breastfeed.">>

  I sure wish i had some of the feel good effect from breastfeeding.

katherine in atl
who sure as heck fell on the breastfeeding and depressed continuum.
thank goodness for fish oil and amino acids.

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