As a new member of  LACTNET would like to introduce myself.  I have
been married to Richard (Rick) for 9 years, who is in Architecture.  We
have two beautiful sons.  Marcus is 7, very active and in the first
grade.  Laine (home birth) will be 4 in Feb., he is a very sensitive
guy. <N>(Just guess which one nursed the longest?)  We live in Larkspur,
Colorado (between Denver and Colorado Springs) in a <N>home <W0U>we<W0>
built the summer before last. <N><N>I am the Director/Owner of ChildBorn
Birth Services, we specialize in The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth,
labor (Doula) support, breastfeeding.  I am also<N>the in house
secretary/accountant/receptionist/etc.,
for my husband<@146>s homebased Architectural business, <N>I wear
many hats like most "stay at home and work women". <N>I also love
to read and I enjoy teaching and learning.

In response to Glenda Deahl's information about epidurals and pitocin
creating flat nipples and engorement.  I would like to ask for more
information on the effects of epidurals and pitocin on breastfeeding.
As a Bradley childbirth educator I am most interested in informing
pregnant moms (and couples) about the influence of drugs.  Have there
been any studies on this subject, if not shouldn't there be?

I look forward to learning, teaching and supporting others!

Capri