Hi I am an independent Rn, childbirth educator and lactation consultant in Maryland and had to jump in regarding "natural childbirth". My main goals right now are mothering my 4 kids so I haven't really gotten into the practice work too much. My 13 year old daughter is in public school doing her 8th grade health section. She informed me that her health teacher told them that giving birth was "like going to hell and back". A letter will be sent to the teacher post haste as I am beginning to see privately how our kids of today are trained to thought of the childbirth experience! No wonder the epideral epidemic is present -- they are taught about them before they are taught about the positive childbirth experience. Have a good day! *********************************************** 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