My home born second baby was on my breast BEFORE she had a chance to cry. She was born, coughed once, our midwife Jeanette wiped her face, I picked her up, she opened her mouth to cry, I put her to the breast, and she decided that sucking was far superior to crying. I delivered her in a squatting position, and didn't even bother sitting down until after she was latched. (Then a minute or two later I had to squat back up to deliver the placenta. Jeanette was shocked when I said "time for the placenta", and barely got the bowl in place in time!) If her brother hadn't been born by C-section and kept away from me for 4 hours, I might not have been quite that fast, but I wasn't taking any chances that anyone else was going to get their hands on her! I really felt like a dog with a bone - growl, back off, I mean it, MINE! Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC NYC *********************************************** 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 email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html