"I have never heard of this. We have young patients all the time (as young as 13) and prob. at least 1/2 the patients I take care of in a given month are under 18. Is this in B.R.?"

"I know that alot of people on here have breastfed and exercised but I never could. Everytime I started exercising my supply tanked so I quit trying till the baby was weaned. I also had big dips in supply when I got a cold...."

"I had this when I was pregnant with Cooper. It scared me because I thought I was having another miscarrage. Once I went in an had an ultrasound and found out what it was I relaxed. This was around 7-8 weeks or so into the pregnancy...."

"Jcaho has actually created more "stuff" to "do to" women."

"Most people don't want a heavy meal, just light snacks. I brought snacks w/ me....no need to "ask" anyone. No, anesthesia people don't like patients to eat but should surgery become necessary it can be done...."

"I agree there is a reason OBs, nurses, and CNMs have a hard time meeting the needs of moms. It is an impossible task that we put on the whole system...."

"Wow....I have busy writing away and haven't been on here since I got Jennifer's great advice about sources...I am a day or so away from turning my manuscript into the journal Birth...no idea if I will get published or not but I did do an acceptable s..."