Chris Mulford wrote: There was a lot of resistance to the idea of pain relief for childbirth because of Eve's Curse in the Bible that said women were supposed to suffer bringing forth children. I am not a scholar of ancient languages, but I believe it was Grantly Dick Reed who pointed out that the word that became translated as "pain" in the quote referred to is translated as "work" or "travail" in every other instance in the scriptures! An example of how one's bias can influence how one translates? Winnie Mading *********************************************** 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