Can we look at this issue from a preventative perspective?

If a mom chooses to deliver in the hospital, what can she do to ensure
that she does not face all of the horrible interventions many of you have
spoken of?  Because the majority of women still deliver in hospitals,
shouldn't we be helping them to be advocates for themselves?  Isn't this
also an important message to share?

How can breastfeeding advocates reach women *before* delivery to
help them to be successful *after* delivery (even when it is in a
hospital)?

Debi VanderMey Barr
Portland, Oregon
(feeling naive......due to deliver her first baby - in a hospital - in August
and find it inconceivable that someone would give me an epidural against
my will.....please tell me that it won't happen!!)