On Sunday 7 Jan 1996 Donna Zitzelberger wrote re a baby whose oesophageal atresia was diagnosed 12 hours after birth. All neonatoligists (except one) cornered Donna and politely explained it would have been discovered 12 hours earlier if she were bottlefeeding. My question - What advantage would an earlier diagnosis have conveyed? IMHO this family may have instead benefited by those wonderful hours when their baby was still "whole", and they were able to wholly love and accept him/her into their hearts. Just my .02c. Ruth *---------------*-------------------* | Ruth Lufkin | [log in to unmask] | *---------------*-------------------*