> This is truly disturbing.  I have never told a Mom to press her finger 
> into
> her breast to keep it from suffocating her babe; in fact I have encouraged
> her not to do that.


A pubmed search of "rebreathing from bedding" will yield some good articles 
for better information.

I'd like to make it clear that rebreathing is not about occluding the 
airway.  I also discourage moms from pressing a finger into the breast and I 
allow noses to touch breast.

Rebreathing involves exhaling carbon dioxide into a close space (like face 
down in soft bedding or head and face covered while breastfeeding.) and 
inhaling oxygen-poor air.  Within a very few minutes, the baby's condition 
can deteriorate to make it impossible for him to pull his head back or turn 
his head.

These are not early babies, or babies with "something else wrong", as I 
initially thought.

Pat, I'm not sure our written policy has changed yet, but our manager put 
out an alert that changed our practice, and she's finding me a copy of that.

Jeanne Mitchell
Austin,TX 

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