I have a client whose baby never did latch on well despite much help. The mother had a c sec after a hellacious birth, and the baby was deeply suctioned after birth 7 times. The baby then developed stridor, which increased upon agitation, etc. Whenever he was put at the breast, he became very agitated and upset, and always refused the breast. He has been diagnosed with laryngomalasia. We have another client whose baby also had sever latch difficulties. This baby also has laryngomalasia..and stridor. The surgeon has denied a correlation between suctioning and stridor/laryngomalasia. However, the mother, a well informed person and a lawyer, is questioning a relationship. She is devastated personally by her inability to breastfeed, and has been diligently pumping milk for her child. It has taken its toll. Has anyone else noticed a correlation between difficult births requiring suctioning and subsequent inability to latch? Kathleen, sensing a JHL paper in the making.... ********************************************************************* Kathleen B. Bruce RN, BSN, IBCLC (email = [log in to unmask]) "All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident." Schoepenhouer **********************************************************************