Heather asked if Health Visitors (?) exist elsewhere. I can't answer that, but in Colorado, USA, we have a visiting nurses program for newborns. Under certain insurance companies a new mother is entitled to at least one visit around a week post partum. I had one after my first birth. She weighed the baby, looked at my c-section incision and that's about it. Pretty useless. I didn't know her, and never saw her again. My main reason for having her come at all was to see what she did, so I didn't bother the second time around. I don't know if these vary by state, but they very well might. == Kate Hallberg, mom to Ursula (11-23-94) and Sage (4-13-97) Home page- http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~kolina Temporarily in Palo Alto, California. I'm told it rains all winter here. mailto:[log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com