Dear Linda Rosetti Have you had a chance to read Robbie Davis-Floyd's "Birth As An American Rite of Passage"? This book has answered my 25 year old question of WHY, WHY, WHY, do intelligent, educated women that attend real natural birth classes end up with typical hospital births with all the interventions? It's not an easy read for those of us who are research-paper impaired but well worth the time. I feel so validated - it really is not our teaching that's to blame. Love & Hugs Linda