I humbly agree. There are several excellent email forums for questions from women/families that these requests could be directed to, and that any practitioner might also join ato offer guidance. Myself, I joined this forum to keep up on research at the international level. respectfully, Julei Busch > > While I think it is wonderful that increasing numbers of women/families are > writing to the list for advice - can I suggest that this correspondence is > redirected to an alternative list to which members of the "midwifery > research" list can subscribe if they choose?? > > Kind regards > > Michel Burgum