Andrew (RAINBOWped) said:
<<Do you
seriously think that suctioning vomitus from the naso-oropharyngeal airway
is
going to cause breastfeeding failure?>>

Well, obviously if airway obstruction due to vomitus is truly happening, and
not relieved by the less drastic measures, of course you've got to do it -
no baby, no breastfeeding! But honestly, yes, I certainly have seen
suctioning, even pretty mild upper-airway stuff, cause breastfeeding
difficulty! Babies who were previously latching on like champs can suddenly
get totally turned off to the whole thing; even though we "professionals"
know that with time and skill this can be overcome, we've all seen the whole
"death spiral" that can happen: baby balks, mom freaks, mom gets engorged,
etc., etc., and that's it for breastfeeding. So we could say, well, that has
nothing really to do with the suctioning, technically speaking, but in real
life moms don't necessarily sort out the threads all that logically. So did
it "cause BF failure"? In effect, yes.

Cathy Bargar