Has a possible Estrogen connection been discussed? Women with more body fat are often beleived to have more Estrogen in their systems. Estrogen can suppress supply. It makes sense that women with an estrogen suppressed supply would breastfeed less successfully and for a shorter period of time. I have found that women who are obese have a tendency to mentruate sooner, and this, too may be Estrogen related. Just one more piece of the puzzle. Mary Jozwiak IBCLC, RLC, LLLL, AAPL Private Practice *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html