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Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 16 Dec 2003 05:46:57 EST
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Dear Friends:
    Jean brings up an important point about the TMJ. Your jaw moves in two
directions: you can jut your jaw forward, or drop it down. These are very
complex actions that are guided by a complex interaction of nerves and muscles.
    Operative delivery, head pulling, induction.........all these increase
the normal forces on an infants' head, which can be thought of as a plastic bag
full of jello with islands of cardboard resting on top of the cardboard.
Pretty soft. The structures of a baby's head, neck and throat can be easily
damaged, with a subsequent negative impact on bf. Babies weren't meant to be pulled
out by their heads; they were meant to be pushed out.
    Damage in this area can be reduced or resolved by CST, by chiropratic, by
time, by OT or speech/language specialists with their techniques.
    warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty, Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative

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