Warning...the following is a rant! Not accusing or finger-pointing. Just need to vent. Skip if you wish. I have a firm dislike for the phrase "near term" when describing what is in reality a PRETERM infant. I think it is important to remember that TERM is defined as 37 COMPLETED weeks in the literature. 37 completed weeks...hmmm...37 weeks plus 7 days (a complete week)...could this be? Oh my goodness! 38 WEEKS! Where did the "near term" phrase come from? There were already accurate phrases in place...reminds me of the new trend of labeling cars as "pre-owned"...whatever happened to "used"? Straightforward. Simple. Aaarrrgh! Sorry for all the capitals. I can't underline in my e-mails. Respectfully and Lovingly, Carole Jernigan who sees the effects of preterm birth and pit inductions on BFing almost every time I go to work...another heavy sigh. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html