Can you tell the current thread really pushes my buttons?  Positioning and 
latch is as individual as fingerprints.  I frequently tell parents when I 
see they are really hung up on "getting it right" that if I were to line up 
10 mothers and ask them all to nurse their babies in the cradle hold, we 
would see 10 different positions and 10 different latches, but that each of 
these positions/latches is RIGHT for each individual nursing couple.  A few 
months ago, a mom of a 4 month old who had been coming regularly to our 
support group came in in tears. She said her husband made her come that day 
because he was tired of her crying for the last 2 days.  She had been to 
her first LLL meeting and had been "yelled at" by the leader because she 
was "nursing her baby all wrong".  When she was telling this story, she was 
actually nursing her baby.  I looked at her baby (hands off!) and asked her 
if it hurt.  She said no.  Was she comfortable? Yes.  Was her baby gaining 
weight?  That got a laugh out of her - "Look at her!"  I was seeing a plump 
happy baby.  My "advice" to her?  If it ain't broke, don't fix it!  The mom 
seated on the other side of me laughed and said: "I like your style, Pam."
My particular style tends to be:  Hands off.  Minimal to no gadgetry.

Pam Hirsch, BSN,RN,IBCLC
Clinical Lead, Lactation Services
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL   USA

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