Jennifer Tieman wrote: This is an issue that drives > me just nuts. I see again and again women agreeing (or at least not > protesting) to the most amazing things! I spend the majority of my prenatal > care trying to educate my patients and train them to make their own choices. > I suggest books for them to read (and keep copies in my OB exam room), I > tell them every visit to come to their next with a list of questions, I push > them to take every prenatal class they can get their hands one, and yet even > with all of that the grand majority of my patients never question me. > Sometimes I feel like I could suggest they paint the baby purple and at > least some parents would comply! I have a good friend, Dr. Joyce Barrett, a now-retired family physician who specialized in pregnancy and birth, who felt exactly the same way! We have had many, many conversations on this topic. (She and I wrote a book together intended to help women make their own choices - it's called Pregnancy and Birth: The Best Evidence - published in Canada and not readily available in the U.S.) And she experienced the same frustrations you describe - women wanting to hand over all decision-making to her. Joyce even made a little sign for her office that said "Remember, I could be wrong." I thought it was great, but she said it didn't help all that much. Jennifer, you sound like a wonderful doctor and I know you are making a difference, even if it's one mother and one baby at a time. Don't give up! We need you! Teresa Pitman Guelph, Ontario *********************************************** 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