Jane was told that "Not all babies root."  Maybe the Pope isn't Catholic every day, either. Or the world really is flat. Silly me, how could I have misunderstood The Truth for so long?

The rooting remark is in the same category as what Jody McLaughlin heard from an OB after her talk on upright position for birth: "Gravity doesn't work on everyone, you know."

A neonatalogist, speaking of another doc who gave bad advice, told my friend Susan that "He (the other doc) wasn't wrong - he was just medically incorrect." 

A local OB who mopped up for a client of mine said of the four (count em- 4!!) residents who missed her retained placenta for 10 weeks, then prescribed high-dose birth control pills to control her bleeding without affecting her milk supply: "Their philosophy was accurate, but their education was poor."

We all can't be making this stuff up - it's just too absurd. Please, friends, If I ever, EVER am heard to say anything this stupid, please bop me on the head with a piece of pump tubing and tell me to go amuse myself selling aluminum siding or someting equally harmless.

Linda Smith, Dayton OH - where one pregnant woman was "diagnosed" with colostrum for which an antibiotic was prescribed - "just in case."  I am not making this up.

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From:   Jane A. Bradshaw[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Saturday, January 04, 1997 11:08 AM
Subject:        Re: Kathleen's ranting and raving--Jane's added to it

Kathleen we all sympathize with you.  Can I rant and rave a little too?

I see so many mothers who are "set up" and "done to".  One case that stands
out in my mind was a local doctor's wife.  She had the BEST care.  Her OB
(close friend and professional colleague of her husband)  made sure she did
not go past her due date, induced, looooooooooong epidural, (wouldn't want
any pain for this precious lady, heaven forbid she might have to actually
'cope' with some pain), prolonged labor, (wonder why?), heart rate decels,
emergency c-section, difficult recovery, baby that won't suck,