> Hmm...  Ellen we sometimes call it the rugby hold.  I wonder if the 
> Australians do as well?  Sidehold, or clutch hold are sometimes used, too.
>
> Jean Ridler  RN  RM  IBCLC
> South Africa   [log in to unmask]


--------So do we! It's called the "rugby"-hold or the "baker"-hold. A 
"baker" is a sort of predecessor of the midwive, taking care of deliveries, 
mothers and baby's. She used to swaddle up the baby(s) and transport them 
under her arm like little parcels :-) I have been told in France it's called 
the "baguette"-hold :-))))

Lydia, LLL, Netherlands
~~~ The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures 
the disease. - Voltaire~~

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