In a message dated 6/24/2005 6:08:09 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: As soon as the babe was delivered she was swathed and brought to us. I promptly made the dad take off his shirt, took off little Alba´s clothes and put them skin to skin This story warmed my heart, because it is my story also. I had a repeat C-sec (darned ACOG guidelines about no vbacs ahem another topic entirely) and luckily talked to my nurse in advance about not wanting any intervention to the baby until I was brought back to my room after recovery. I remember being wheeled into my room and the most beautiful sight awaited me. My husband was skin to skin with our daughter and wrapped in a bath blanket. They had done nothing with her, not weighed her, bathed her nothing until that moment. As soon as I was settled into bed, Ron brought her to me, and she must have been ready too, because she latched right away and was and continues to be the best nurser of any of my kids. I wrote about this in here before, and think it would be a wonderful study to find out the good implications this could hold. I am eternally grateful to a thoughtful nurse that made sure my needs and my baby's were met as naturally as possible in an unnatural situation. Thanks for sharing the story and bringing a warm fuzzy feeling to my day :) Oh and congrats to your family and welcome baby Alba... Renee Drake RN CLC and her 15 mos old nursling *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html