This is something I've started recognizing a connection between more often. I would really like to see some research done in this area. I wonder if there are any MD's out there who specialize in infertility, and also work with a lot of induced lactation, who might have noticed some trends. In my area, I have also found that these mom's are usually very motivated to breastfeed, and that the OB's who specialize in high risk, infertility are not open to anything 'unnatural' to help establish lactation. I had one client who had gone through years of many different infertility treatments before achieving a pregnancy, who desperately wanted to breastfeed, after going through everything I could think of, with no increase in milk production, I suggested the possiblity of galactogogues, and provided a report and documentation of treatment strategies from all of our favorite, well-known medical texts, only to have the OB tell the mother that using medications to induce lactation was unheard of, and 'unnatural', and obviously she wasn't 'intended' by nature to breastfeed. She should just accept that fact. I've had very similar situations happen with other mothers. It boggles my mind that the MD could not see the hypocrisy in his statement. He also of course implied to the mother that I must be a little looney-tunes to even suggest such an option. (Fortunately, she dis-regarded that since I had provided hours of emotional support as well as technical support to her by that point.) If anyone has found another avenue of approach with these 'high-tech' OB's that works, I would be open to it. Kathe Catone