title: Listening to Mothers-The First National U.S. Survey of Women's Childbearing Experiences.
abstract: In this column, the author outlines some of the results of the Listening to Mothers Survey, conducted by the Maternity Center Association, and the implications of the results on childbirth education.
authors.affiliation: J udith L othian is a childbirth educator in Brooklyn, New York, and the Chair of the Lamaze International Certification Council. She is also an Associate Professor at the College of Nursing at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Judith A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lothian