Very sparse amount of info in the CBI files! Was surprised that there was so little about cardiac problems in postpartum mothers. Will dig further. Found comments Br J Ob Gyn 1989, Robson & Dunlop. "Thus lactation would appear to impose a minimal additional burden on the puerperal heart and there seems to be no reason why women with compromised cardiovascular function or hypertension who wish to breast-feed should be discouraged from doing so." all the ref to this were pretty old :-( However, is this mom's situation the usual blame it all on lactation? Formula feeding requires no extra work on the mother's part (just shopping, expense, washing bottles, etc.) Pat in SNJ *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome