Dear Folks: Just a reminder on this thread about the research showing that epidurals didn't have a negative impact on breastfeeding initiation or duration if there was strong breastfeeding support in the hospital. The researchers did not examine breastfeeding problems in that population, however 92% of women will still breastfeeding at 6 weeks postpartum when there was a consistent and extensive network of hospital breastfeeding support. This study was in Birth, either Summer or Fall 1999; check the archives. Warmly, Nikki Lee RN, MSN, Mother of 2, IBCLC, ICCE, CSTP Elkins Park (a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, northeastern USA) *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html