> I think this evidence will show up in the future, based om what I've read so > far I think it is a very reasonable hypothesis, but it is good to know it is > only a hypotheses.... > > Maybe i'm wroing..If someone knows such a research, I'm happy to hear about > it.. > Annelies and others, If someone knows how to reach Paula Meier, she'd be the one to have references. In her talks for the Dutch LC Ass. symposium in 1998 Paula Meier explicitly mentioned the immunologic effect of kangooroo-care-near-the-breast and/or non-nutritive suckling for premature babies, stating that the baby thus colonises the breast and in a reaction mom makes the specific immune factors in her milk. Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC, living in Maaseik, Belgium http://www.users.skynet.be/eurolac [log in to unmask] *********************************************** 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