In a message dated 2/19/03 8:06:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > Yes without intervention > infant and maternal mortality would sky rocket but perhaps we need to > revisit them so that un-necessary intervention is avoided I am glad to see that we are warned against un-necessary intervention. Maternal and Infant mortality have skyrocketed along with the use of medical technology. Read Marjorie Tew's "Safer Birth?" As the story goes, the grateful university didn't want Dr. Tew to keep working there, once she stumbled across statistics that a connection between technology and trauma. And we are all concerned about this because of its impact on breastfeeding....had to get that in there! ;-) Warmly, Nikki Lee (from my daughter's computer, where I have no signature line) *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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