<<>Q .......baby noises at conferences.  Each year I find these sweet noises
>more distracting............what mechanism is at work here??>>
>
>A .......Could it be.......a natural kind of........birth control?
>
<<I am many years from childbearing ... but ... it does rather make me wish
for grandchildren!!>>

So, the MODA:mechanism of distraction and annoyance, is more likely mid-life,
and subsides post-menopausal?

Deb ;-)

Deborah Tobin RN BSN ACCE IBCLC
Springfield, VA