The lamaze instructor for our first birth showed us a picture of a woman moments before her baby was born. An *awful* face, all screwed up and grimacing, mouth open. The whole room got very quiet. Then she showed us a picture of Bruce Jenner (remember him?) just as he won the decathlon. Same face. Oh. That put it in a whole new light. (Michel Odent's "Birth Reborn" has similar pictures, pp 57 and 59 in the new edition.) Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL Ithaca, NY [log in to unmask]