I am pleased to announce the birth of my daughter, Kiana Alexis Barr. Born 8-6-97, 8 pounds and healthy. Breastfeeding well (even as I type this!), although not without a few hurdles. For those of you who remember my post about my fears of a hospital birth, I am happy to say that we did it all natural at a hospital with a 80-90% epidural rate (thanks to the Bradley book, BTW). Since I am unusual in that I have been working in the breastfeeding field *before* I had children, this experience has brought up lots of questions and issues for me, but I'll post more on those later. Now I'm happy to be back on line - from home until Feb. Debi VanderMey Barr, MS, RD, LD Portland, Oregon mailto:[log in to unmask]