In a message dated 2/20/2006 10:51:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: What was the endpoint of the study? I mean, how long did they follow the mothers? I mean, if nobody in the population studied usually breastfeeds more than a few months, due to some other factors, like short maternity leave, you wouldn't find a difference between the groups, but it could be due to something completely different. Dear Friends: Excellent question, Rachel. Baumgarder was looking at early (as in 24 hours) postpartum success. Mikiel-Kostrya et al looked at s2s and its impact on duration of breastfeeding; this lovely study did a 3 year follow-up. Halpern did follow-up to 6 weeks. Volmanen et al (Finnish study) went out to 12 weeks, and discovered that perceived insufficient milk supply was more often reported by those who had had epidural analgesia. warmly, Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com *********************************************** 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