Hello All, Lest we should forget, may I mention that the Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health published a large scale study (the study population was the entire cohort of women birthing vaginally in the US in 1990) earlier this year (I think in the May issue) that compared neonatal and perinatal mortality rates of babies delivered by nurse-midwives and physicians. Mortality rates among babies delivered by CNMs were outrageously lower than the physician rates, even when medical and social risk factors were accounted for. Check it out. Martha Johnson RN IBCLC