I've been reading the thread "Breastfeeding is Love" with 
interest. Just had another patient where S2S worked wonders 
before I saw patient.Infant 4 days old would not latch @ all,saw 
LC's in hospital.I couldn't see pt. yesterday, she was seeing MD 
and in home care in US in my part of country, insurance won't 
pay for MD and LC visit in same day. I described assymetrical 
latch, and S2S  over the phone and today infant was already 
Breastfeeding beautifully  and content and transfered 84 ML @ 
breast! I did transfer weight as infant had lost a lot of weight 
and MD was concerned. I've been wondering if telling patients 
what Nils Bergman has found, that S2S and the act of 
Breastfeeding lowers an infant's Cortisol level. Telling parents 
that lower stress hormone levels certainly are beneficial to the 
infant and who knows how that will affect the infant in later life. 
There are advertisements that link lower corisol levels with 
being thinner and having less abdomenal body fat. Now I 
certainly don't think that is critically important, but cortisol is in 
the news. What do you think?
    The US Department of Agriculture ,Food and Nutrition 
Service has a video Oct 2002 and booklets titled "Fathers 
Supporting Breastfeeding" The materials are free.
   I loved Debbie Tobin's idea about AD's by Pierce Bronson.
   Also liked idea of teaching comfortable position so body will 
remember, I see a fair am't of moms who have no trouble 
latching on one side but difficulty with the other until we can 
figure out a comfortable position for her and her hand. I know 
that I learned to type in a high school course. I can't tell you 
where each letter is on the keyboard but my fingers know. My 
daughter is a physical therapist who works with brain injured 
patients. She teaches them to dial their phone repeatedly, they 
may not be able to tell you their  number but can dial the 
number. Chris Erland RN IBCLC

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