Toby, In the informal survery that I did last year on LACTNET (not the most recent one) one trend that surfaced amoung us was that regardless of birth order, the 100+ LCs that answered the questionaire, had nursed their girl bablies longer than their boy babaies. I haven't tabulated the recent set yet - it will be interesting to see what it shows (though I know that is not a good measure of anything since it lacks the attributes of a formal study). Sharon Terry, President PXE International, Inc. [log in to unmask]