Deborah wrote: > This is an example of why it is helpful and important for hospital based LCs > to get out into the other world of non-intervention birthing and see for > ourselves. I agree, Deborah. I would also like to see Obstetrician residents attend homebirths *as observers*, and nursing students, and pediatricians.... As long as we're fantasizing, wouldn't it be lovely for an obstetrician to see a baby delivered over an intact perineum? -- Jeanne Mitchell, Austin, TX "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle." Plato http://www.flash.net/~xanth/home.htm mailto:[log in to unmask]