Mary Ann and all,

I heard from one of the authors of the Dodd and Chalmers study in answer
to the question about whether or not the study mothers were instructed in
the asymmetrical latch.  Here is her answer:

My mentor is a long time LLL leader and she taught me about breastfeeding
before the IBCLE even existed. Most of what I know about breastfeeding and
have used to teach mothers over the years is based on that early learning,
so I incorporated the use of the asymmetrical latch without knowing it was
to become a major topic so many years later.

Hope this helps.

Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC
Lactation Education Specialist, Hollister, Inc.
Distributor of Ameda ComfortGels, which was studied in this article under
its previous name



Anyway, I would assume the Dodd/Chalmers study was done about 2001-2002.
Is
that right? That was about the time we were learning about the
asymmetrical
latch. At least that was when I heard Dr Jack Newman lecturing on it at a
WALC conference. If the LCs in the study weren't up on using the
asymmetrical latch we did have lots of soreness.


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