Suzanne, I have never ever heard of anyone other than the hospital I worked at in Denver given a minim of pit for labor. When I even mentioned it, people thought I was crazy and said no doc would ever over that. Well I am so glad someone else has come forth and said yes we did give a minim of pit. Yes that was in the old days. Jan Aken RN IBCLC > -----Original Message----- > From: Lactation Information and Discussion > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Suzanne Bowes > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 6:49 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Oxytocin Injections > > I've often wondered if this would help w/ milk > ejection for our long term pumping moms (NICU, etc.) > as oxytocin nasal spray would. However, as I > understand engorgement (and correct me if I am wrong) > this is more due to tissue swelling and compression of > milk drainage system and not so much of let down. > Frequent, unrestricted BF "should' help decrease or > avoid true engorgement. I tell mom to expect breast > changes with filling and try to avoid using the > engorgement word (although this is the term most folks > understand). > Back to the oxytocin topic; does anyone know if a > sub-q inj. would help w/ troublesome letdown? Back in > the olden days, we would give a minium of pitocin > sub-q to speed up labor. Can't imagine doing that > now. > Suzanne Bowes RN, IBCLC > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > *********************************************** > > 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 *********************************************** 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