"Choosing to Make A Difference", Leigh Mullaly, MCN, 1991 Vol. 16 pp. 21-23. "Will maternal/child nurses be mute while the system gradually converts a normal female function into a reoriented pathologic modality?" She talks about family centered maternity care that was introduced 20 years before in 1970's. "Twenty years ago to suggest that fathers be present during their child's birth was extremely radical. Do we need to be radical again?" 20+ years later, with c-sec rates soaring, do WE need to get radical again? This sort of article makes me cringe. We gain 2 steps forward and go four steps back :-(

My only validation this am, was when my niece called with sore nipples 18 hours after baby born, was that the nurse gave her saline to soothe them. Saline soaks and compresses were my standard of care when I was a hospital LC in mid 80's!  Pat in SNJ

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