Arly - re: research on newborn disorganization - remember Sepkoski, Lester, Ostheimer & Brazelton in Dev. Med. Child Neurol. 1992 34:1072-80 on effects of maternal epidural on newborn. One would think combining epidural effects with early circ and newborn reaction to pain would be pretty overwhelming. And this is not to mention possible over-aggressive techniques to get the baby to breast....sigh. Judy Knopf in Israel