Apparently I did exactly what I "YELLED" at everyone else for  doing and 
didn't read Betsy's post carefully....(Thank you to the person that  pointed it 
out to me).  My digests are coming in an odd order -- I've yet  to see my 
original post (!) so got a lot of posts about STS and the healthy baby  and not 
taking it away before I saw Betsy's post, and then didn't read her's  carefully.
 
So -- Mea Culpa for not reading carefully.
 
And let me reiterate:  Pump/hand express every mom whose  baby is separated 
from her after birth and is unable to go to breast/do skin to  skin -- within 
that first hour.  If the baby is able to be with mom -- STS  & lick, nuzzle, 
allow baby to nurse.  If baby physically can't because  of not being with mom, 
then get the colostrum so baby has something to  eat.  
 
I would concur with Betsy on one thing though -- if the baby  is about to be 
forcefed formula because he/she hasn't latched on and breastfed,  and someone 
is getting nudgy about hypoglycemia, and you see the bottle and  nipple just 
about to be plunged in the baby's mouth -- for goodness sake, help  mom hand 
express into a spoon and feed it to the baby!!
 
 Jan  Barger -- eagerly awaiting The Game
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