In a message dated 5/5/2004 11:07:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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does anyone know of any research on the
impact of these MANDATORY postpartum injections of pitocin for every woman.
Dear Friends:
    I don't know of any research about this practice except the reports from
the Dominican Republic (Sandra Hoffman was an author) and from the
Philippines, where hospitals saved money by putting babies to breast right after delivery
because they then didn't need any pitocin.
    warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
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