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Posted: Nov 23 2009 at 3:47pm | IP Logged Quote insegnante
Has anyone ever discussed with a good pro-life health care provider or a priest or read something from a reliable source that addressed thoroughly the facts about and/or moral considerations related to a potential risk of implantation failure (not a miscarriage after a pregnancy has been confirmed) after conception because of the influence of breastfeeding? Can you give me an idea what they said or point me to some reading?

Here is a brief reference from Kellymom.com: "If you are still transitioning to full fertility (as discussed above), breastfeeding may affect the success of implantation. Once implantation is successful, breastfeeding should not affect a healthy pregnancy[.]" I can't provide all the details on the subject but if you're unfamiliar, just Google and you'll soon find some. I am so completely, totally, seriously uninterested in somehow starting a debate so I am hoping this is not going to be controversial to even mention. But it's something about which I'd like to have more solid and knowledgeable Catholic understanding.

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Posted: Nov 24 2009 at 2:16am | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
I know a midwife who pointed out that the oxytocin receptors are not receptive until later in a pregnancy, so since the only thing that breastfeeding does is release oxytocin.. it really can't do anything.. and then later in a pregnancy the oxytocin level remains pretty much the same and doesn't do much unless you have problems in addition to the breastfeeding. But you should not *start* to breastfeed because that will cause the increase in oxytocin that can cause contractions.

And there's also a simple trust in God's creation. He designed women's bodies to breastfeed and nuture a child in the womb.. they are both totally normal and natural and GOOD things.. not the diseases and complications and problems that the male-as-perfection medical model makes them out to be.

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Posted: Nov 24 2009 at 10:11am | IP Logged Quote kbfsc
My pro-life OB said that breastfeeding doesn't interfere with a new pregnancy. I don't have the documentation to back this up - sorry! But we discussed it pretty thoroughly because I have miscarried while still nursing a toddler, and wanted reassurance that this hadn't endangered the new baby. He said definitely not.

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Posted: Nov 24 2009 at 11:38am | IP Logged Quote insegnante
Jodie, it's not oxytocin but other hormonal factors that are the reason it is suspected breastfeeding may sometimes lead to a failure to implant as a cause of miscarriage before pregnancy could even be detected.

Kellymom.com has this to say, with more information and links on the page: "If you are still transitioning to full fertility (as discussed above), breastfeeding may affect the success of implantation. Once implantation is successful, breastfeeding should not affect a healthy pregnancy[.]" Also see
this page on the Kellymom site.

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