Cyntia ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >Kim Connor, Regarding your call for help about Depo and BF-Yes it >can be >used, usually without decreasing milk supply. <snip> >I heard Dr. Andrew Kaunitz, a >porfessor in OB and GYn from U of Florida, at our Health >Department, a year >or two ago. He has been following the use of Depo all over the >world (10+ >years) and said it can even be started right after delivery with no >problem. >There is research out there and anyone who needs it can get it from >him. You might also want to contact Dr. Miriam Labbok, at the Institute for Reproductive Medicine at Georgetown University. She has done quite a bit of research and has recently written a chapter for an OB-GYN textbook. Her conclusion was the opposite--that there is some impact, and that the Depo shouldn't be started for several weeks. Judy Dunlap, RNC, IBCLC