Under the chairmanship of Edward Liss, a group of obstetricians, pediatricians, and psychoanalysts had a round table discussion on their observations of women's attitudes towards pregnancy and their newborn babies. The verbatim record of these discussions contains much material of special interest to the psychoanalyst. Dr. Alfons Bacon reports that only few women in labor pray, but that they do call for their mothers' help. He also states that women are relatively 'unemotional' about their husbands and that there does not seem to be 'love at first sight for a newborn baby'. Of special interest is the debate concerning the meaning of hospitalization during delivery. Dr. Gerard discussed later developments of the baby, and Drs. Pratt, Seeley and Spock reported from their wealth of experience.