Nikki, I agree with you. Women that doubt their ability to get through labor may doubt their ability to breastfeed. In my community women doubt that they can even get into labor spontaneously. Inductions are the normal with all the complications that go with them. So perhaps before the epidurals it may be the pitocin that is the original culprit in that the contraction intensity increases the desire for labor medication. Ruth Solomon *********************************************** 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