>    Not one woman I saw this week went into labor  spontaneously.
>    Does no one read evidence? Does no one pay attention to  FDA warnings
> about induction and vacuum? It would seem not.
>    warmly,
> Nikki Lee

A few years ago, I was assigned to write an article on birth in the 
hospital. I went with a photographer to hang out in the maternity ward - we 
deliberately chose a hospital that had lower-than-average Caesarean birth 
rates.

We had to wait THREE DAYS (and nights) (and watch a lot of women go through 
inductions, multiple interventions, Caesareans, etc.)  before we got someone 
who went into labour spontaneously and had a normal birth without 
interventions (someone having a second baby who had learned a lot after her 
first experience and didn't show up at the hospital until she was in very 
active labour).

Teresa Pitman 

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