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Rich said:
>
>  > Did you know that it has never been proven that diving could have ill
>  > effects on pregnancy?
>  
>  I thought that studies on pregnent sheep found bubbles in the fetus, but 
>  not in the mother.  I'll see if I can find the reference.  I think I 
>  might have read it in Jolie's book.

I checked both "Deeper Into Diving" and "Diving Physiology in Plain 
English" last night.  Neither had info on breast feeding, but both 
went over pregnancy/diving issues.  I can't remember which said what
now, but Deeper generally went into more detail.  There was mention 
of multiple studies, including some on sheep.  One study subjected
mother+fetus to a profile that didn't harm the mother but caused the 
fetus to be stillborn.  Another study bent the mother and the fetus 
was delivered perfectly normal.  So, even though studies were somewhat
inconclusive, the strong recommendation was to not dive when pregnant.

Anyway, that's my recollection from last night.  I may have twisted 
the details slightly, so take it with a grain of salt and check the
references if it's important to you...

- Todd

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