In a message dated 97-09-21 22:33:22 EDT, you write: << sometimes the ob declined to prescribe medication, in one case the pediatrician wrote orders that nothing be administered to the mother, even immediately post-op. Has anyone else come across a sudden reluctance to prescribe analgesics? >> Is this supposed to be a punishment for daring to breastfeed, or is this supposed to be punishment for being a woman and needing a C/Section? I'm not sure I understand what the problem is here. Will the next thing be not giving her any anesthesia to have the C/Section? Are these OBs just as reluctant to give any woman pain medication in labor (ha ha) because of the potential effect on the fetus? Of course, you bet your boots that if ther is to be nothing given to the woman post partum, there will be decrease in breastfeeding. I can't believe it. Jan B, incredulous in Wheaton.