I'd check the archives Nikki, as I certainly recall a long and detailed 
post about how the hormone pattern of actual labour had to be in place 
before nipple stimulation would be 'helpful' in bringing on 
contractions.  IIRC correctly question was asked by one of our own 
community, who had been prohibited from tandem nursing, and wanted 
scientific research evidence for the Dr, as she just didn't want the fight.

So there was a serious of extremely detailed posts.  I think only this 
could be found, however:

http://www.unmc.edu/obgyn/education/preg_bfng.htm   

And KellyMom has:

http://www.kellymom.com/nursingtwo/faq/05pumping.html
http://www.kellymom.com/nursingtwo/faq/01safety.html

The point I raise when this is brought up - is if it was that simple, 
not only would women be going into labour at the drop of a hat all the 
way through pregnancy (heaven forfend!) but that all that money and time 
being spent on chemical inductions, could be replaced by simply plugging 
Mum into a breast pump!  :-)

Morgan Gallagher


Nikki Lee wrote:
>  
> .... under no circumstance would I recommend a pregnant women who  is not
> already nursing a toddler to pump her breasts. The risk of preterm  
> contractions, labor and preterm birth is just too  high.
>
>   

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