>Can anyone explain the logic of a hospital protocol that >offers a brand new postpartum mom a depoprovera shot for >birth control before hospital discharge? I'm only guessing, but my suspicion is that you answered the question in the last sentence of your post: "she has five kids and is a low income mom." Sounds like the hospital is taking a paternalistic stance here; maybe they suspect "people like her" (icky phrase, I know) won't return for birth control counseling, (which the hospital sees as important.) Anyone see this "policy" with high income moms with private coverage? If only breastfeeding information could be administered by injection...(I know a few professional and bureaucrat hinnys I'd stick!) Margery Wilson, IBCLC