I am very happy to see Catherine Genna posting again.  Her posts are so
interesting and articulate.  Her understanding of the deep mechanics of milk
production always inspires me to pick up and review my physiology reading.
What we do is a science, and our passion for it should be as fueled by our
understanding of it as by our enthusiasm for it.  I continue to be dismayed
by the general lack of understanding of basic processes expressed by some of
the people I come in contact with who are working with new mothers.  In
particular, the lack of understanding of positioning and latch-on theory.
Literally everyone I visit has been told to position in just the opposite
fashion from the way I understand to be necessary:  Over-emphasis on the
position of the top jaw, placement of the bottom jaw too close to the
nipple, noses smashed into the breast with bogus reassurance that "Oh, they
can breathe!" when mom can SEE the nostrils are plugged.  Babies are still
getting their heads shoved to force them onto the breast.  It makes me sad
and tired.

Barbara

Barbara Wilson-Clay, BS, IBCLC
Private Practice, Austin, Texas
Owner, Lactnews On-Line Conference Page
http://moontower.com/bwc/lactnews.html