Last summer I went to the LLL International breastfeeding Conference in
Orlando and heard Dr Marshall Klaus speak, "Perinatal Care in the 21st
Century:  evidence that supports changing the management for both mother and
infant."  I took some notes and it says in my notes do not wash hands of
baby--baby will not suckle.  These were notes I had in the continuing ed
syllabus.  On page 23 of that syllabus Klaus writes, "In order not to remove
the taste ans smell of the mother's amniotic fluid, it is necessary to delay
washing the baby's hands.  The baby uses the taste and smell of the amniotic
fluid on his hands to make a connection with a certain oily substance on the
nipple related to the amniotic fluid."

It would seem to me that if you continue to hinder a baby's natural need for
skin-to- skin contact, that breastfeeding might be hindered.Valerie W.
McClain, IBCLC

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