Oh good, I'll some ignorant thinking aloud. This seems SOOOO unlikely. I know that in a few cases adoptive moms have been able to nurse but only after massive doses of hormones over a somewhat prolonged period of time to simulate pregnancy, delivery and postpartum hormone levels. Common sense (the devil in critical thinking) tells me that if it were so easy, then adoptive moms could nurse regularly.
Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:34:17 -0500 >From: "Jim Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [tips] Spontaneous lactation >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@acsun.frostburg.edu> > >Hi > >There is a literature on proximity leading to the coordination of women's >menstrual cycles. Perhaps (if real) the lactation effect could result from >similar hormonal influences? > >Speaking completely from ignorance >Jim > >James M. Clark >Professor of Psychology >204-786-9757 >204-774-4134 Fax >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> "Rob Weisskirch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 14-Sep-07 6:33:59 PM >>> >A student claimed that she heard that women who hang around nursing mothers >and infants often will sometimes start spontaneously lactating, even though >they are not pregnant. > >I know that infant cries can cause nursing mothers to leak but have never >heard of lactation by proximity. > >Does anyone know? > >Drinking soy milk, >Rob > >Rob Weisskirch, MSW. Ph.D. >Associate Professor of Human Development >Liberal Studies Department >California State University, Monterey Bay >100 Campus Center, Building 82C >Seaside, CA 93955 >(831) 582-5079 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--- > > >--- ---
