In einer eMail vom 7-12-2002 15:45:35 West-Europa (standaardtijd) schreibt [log in to unmask]: > Jennifer wrote: > > "Frankly, if we just had midwives attend all births, practicing in the > midwifery model of care (not doctors masquerading as midwives), we wouldn't > need so many of us either." > > The problem is 99% of our midwives are not practicing the midwifery model. > It is so sad. They induce maybe a little less than the Docs but once they > are in the hospital the pitocin is used almost as frequently. Meds and > epidurals are just about as commonly used also. It is a sad state of > affairs. > In The Netherlands a large amount of births is taken care of by independant midwifes, either at home or in hospital. But, I'm sorry to disappoint you, breastfeeding counselling is with most of them not the strong side, to say it in a polite way Warmly greeting, Gonneke ================================= Gonneke van Veldhuizen IBCLC,LLLL, MOM, primairyschool teacher ============ eurolac centre for breastfeeding information and education <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/gonneke29/">http://www.geocities.com/gonneke29</A> *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] 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