My eldest daughter who is almost 30 years old and has been married for 11 years just had her first baby, an 8# 11 oz baby girl at home Saturday with her husband, two midwives and a neonatal support person in attendance. It was a long 30 hour labor. She got Zoe latched right after birth and the baby was rooting all day Sunday and Monday. The midwife did her return checks on day 2 and day 4. My daughters milk is in and with my household help, her husbands nighttime help and the midwifes reassurance and revisits, the baby latching is getting easier every day and baby is getting satiated. Wow, it is great to have someone come the first days and check. This should be the standard of care for all first births at least and subsequent ones if the mother wishes, rather than leaving the mother to be the lone ranger as I was left to be after my hospital birth with this daughter. (Thank goodness I found LLL in the local newspaper in 1974.) I did get to mention to the midwife not to push the babys head in toward mom's breast and she quit doing it. She had heard it before, but did not put it into practice. I think now she will. Judy Ritchie Olympia, Washington State *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html