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Subject:
In-hospital latch assessment
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Dawn Kersula <[log in to unmask]>
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Lactation Information and Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:16:47 -0500
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The problem with latch assessment tools is that none of them are reliable.
The only one I think (this is off the top of my head ) is predictive is
LATCH -- and the "prediction" is, if a mom's nipples are sore before she
leaves the hospital, she probably won't be breastfeeding at 3 months.

Marsha Walker has an excellent overview in her second edition of
Breastfeeding Management for the Clinician: Using the Evidence.

Dawn Kersula RN, IBCLC
...who uses LATCH everyday, and it's good enough because I don't have time
or energy or creativity to design something new!

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