I found a couple of the articles on epidurals that I mentioned last week. Durham, J Side effects of Epidurals: A summary of research research data, International Journal of Childbirth Education, 18(3) Sept 2003. Nommsen-Rivers, Laurie, Examining the effects of labor epidural analgesia on newborn breastfeeding behaviors, JHL, 19(4) Nov. 2003. These are both review articles and reference several current studies and metastudies on this topic. If you can't get the articles, let me know and I'll send on the references to the studies being reviewed. I'm still looking for some data on "botched" epidurals; how often they happen, what happens to "botch" them, what are the outcomes? Anyone have any info. I imagine that this is important information for hospitals not to collect, but perhaps someone else has done some research on it. Naomi Bar-Yam -------------------------------- Naomi Bar-Yam Ph.D. [log in to unmask] Researcher, Writer, Educator in Maternal and Child Health -------------------------------- *********************************************** 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