In a message dated 7/29/00 8:40:05 AM, [log in to unmask] writes: << The mortality rate for infants born at night is significantly higher than for births during the day, perhaps because of hospital staff fatigue and inexperience, according to a report in the July 29th issue of the British Medical Journal. >> So, if all of these inexperienced and fatigued doctors and nurses just slept and left the mother alone, we'd lower the mortality rate! Sounds simple to me. Jennifer Tow, IBCLC, CT, USA just a little tired of "science" missing the obvious conclusions *********************************************** 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