When posting about practices that may impact on breastfeeding, please remember to tie your post to the topic for Lactnet. Specifically, we do not want the list to be occupied with a discussion about the merits of various forms of intervention or observation in labor *except as it affects breastfeeding*. There are other fora for that. I'm going nomail today, for the rest of the week, to attend the annual conference put on by the Norwegian Society for Perinatal Medicine, whose membership is predominantly midwives and NICU nurses, but with lots of Ob/gyns and neonatologists too. I mention this lest anyone think I am unmindful of the connection between breastfeeding and everything else in the world - but for Lactnet purposes, you have to connect the dots in your posts! So, be good, everybody. In Arnold's words, 'I'll be back.' Rachel Myr grateful to practice as a public employee without worry about whether women will be willing to pay out of pocket for my help, in Kristiansand, Norway *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome