Morgan, I'd have to go digging for the old wet nurses ref (I think I'd have it somewhere but it would only be a line in the midst of a paper). However, I think that you would like this paper Slome, C. (1956). "Nonpuerperal lactation in grandmothers." Journal of Pediatrics. 49(5): 550-552 It's one of my favourites for a few reasons. Firstly these women had not intended to relactate, they were just baby-sitting and putting their grandchildren to the breast for comfort. Secondly, some of them were certainly post-menopausal. Thirdly, the paper was written at a time when there was great skepticism about the strange thing of women making milk when they hadn't recently been pregnant and so the paper includes a photo of this old woman holding up her breast and squirting milk out of it! I use it in all my general presentations about relactation. Karleen Gribble Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Morgan Gallagher" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Does anyone have a cite, or a site, with this British wet-nurse info on it? > Having mentioned it myself a few times, I'd like a reference for it. Hence > why I'm mentioning it openly, rather than in email. A site would be cool - > although a cite will do! (As I work online, sites and links are far more > use than cites to print material.) > *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]