Thank-you all for your great suggestions of other breastfeeding resources to give to patients (especially all the free/low cost ones.) I'm working on a letter encouraging breastfeeding to give out with my prenatal packet I currently give at the first visit also, and may post it here for your suggestions. I'm trying to plant seeds early on, then hopefully cultivate throughout pregnancy for my own pregnant patients. As a follow up, I saw the baby yesterday who had been sent home from another hospital not latching, losing weight, and jaundiced. Mom had been given a nipple shield with no instructions, had a cracked and bleeding nipple, and had given up entirely when I met her and baby at 3 days of age. Now at 9 days, baby has had no formula in 4 days, is starting to gain well, mom's nipple has healed, and she and baby both appear quite happy. I'm especially happy when I can help a first-time mom like this, because hopefully she'll go on not only to nurse this one, but any subsequent kids as well, knowing she can be successful even with a rough start. Jennifer Tieman Family Physician Mom to 3, and new baby #4 expected 5/31/03 *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html