Hi all, I think Jeanette Panchula's suggestion that there are far too many visitors is extremely relevant. When I worked in a hospital setting (county run hospital in Fla. with 100% medicaid patients, but closed down in 1995) this was a huge problem. There was unlimited visiting all day long and many times when I was trying to help a mother, the visitors would want to hang around and offer little suggestions, negative opinions, etc. I didn't mind when the father and/or mother or mil was there. It was a great time to teach them, but all the other well-meaning friends, neighbors, co-workers were a pain. Can't tell you how many times I heard a visitor tell the new mother, "I tried to breastfeed, but I just didn't have enough milk." (I sure met a lot of those ubiquitous 5 percenters.) New mothers need privacy and TLC (preferably from the baby's father or her own mother.) I love this forum. Pam Wiggins, IBCLC, Franklin Va., snowed in and enjoying peace and privacy with my hubby and 2 sons. (No one "drops in" during a snowstorm!)