>You may also be interested in an article: "Skin to Skin Contact Is Analgesic
>In Healthy Newborns" by Gray, et al Pediatrics vol 105, No 1
>Jan, 2000.

Neil Campbell, an Australian MD, gave a standing ovation talk at ILCA in the
early nineties on "Breastmilk feeding of critically ill babies."  Among his
many fascinating stories was the one about the baby w/ severe cellulitis (I
think it was) in one leg.  *Any* touch or movement was excruciating to him.
His parents were advised that they had 2 choices:  deep, deep sedation on a
respirator to allow for several days of initial healing, or 24-hour-a-day
holding and nursing, with much lighter sedation.  They opted for the
holding, which served just as well and allowed for far less medication.

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  Ithaca, NY
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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