Nancy,
  Is this really so prevalent in the US and the west? As far as I know
this is not done in the hospital where I teach childbirth classes, but
now I'll confirm that.
Of my 4 kids, the only time a post partum dose of pitocin was raised
was when we were living in Israel, and at that time there was some
bleeding, but we had them wait 1/2 an hour, the bleeding stopped, my
uterus felt fine and I was not given the pitocin. Why is it so common?
Has anyone looked into effects on mother and baby?
   Naomi


On May 5, 2004, at 11:04 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Every mother who delivers in a hospital in the USA and most of the
> developed
> world gets an IV dose of pitocin (not an IM injection) to help
> decrease blood
> loss by contracting the uterus.  The cheaper, better way to do this is
> to put
> the baby to the breast immediately!
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