I just received this update. I haven't had time to read the document, just perused it, and it looks pretty interesting. It includes statistics that 40% of babies spent their first hour in mother's arms, 67% hoped to breastfeed, 17% hoped to breastfeed and formula feed, 17% planned to use formula only. 65% reported that hospital staff encouraged breastfeeding. Of the mothers who planned on exclusively breastfeeding, 80% were given free formula samples or offers, and 47% were given formula or water to supplment their breastmilk. One week after giving birth, 59% were feeding their babies breastmilk only. Diana Diana Roberts, RN, IBCLC Mt. Pleasant, SC (where Ezzo now resides) REPORT DOCUMENTS MOTHERS' PERSPECTIVES ON MATERNITY Listening to Mothers: Report of the First National U.S. Survey of Women's Childbearing Experiences presents information on women's attitudes, feelings, and knowledge about aspects of their maternity experiences. Between May 15 and June 16, 2002, Harris Interactive, in collaboration with the Maternity Center Association (MCA), interviewed 136 mothers using a telephone survey and an additional 1,447 mothers using an online version of the survey. All the mothers had given birth to a single baby during the 24 months preceding the survey. The survey provided data from which a national profile of childbearing women was developed. Key findings from the survey and associated recommendations are presented in this report. MCA plans to repeat the survey at periodic intervals to monitor trends over time and to carry out a national media campaign to help ensure that survey results reach a large audience of health professionals, policymakers, the general public, and women in general. The executive summary and recommendations issued by MCA, together with the full report and questionnaire, are available on the Maternity Wise Web site at http://www.maternitywise.org/listeningtomothers/. _________________________________________________________________ Unlimited Internet access -- and 2 months free! Try MSN. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.asp *********************************************** 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