Kathy,

What a forthright, descriptive term! It speaks to the very heart of the
issue.

<I think this forceful, rushed method
of latching the baby is a reflection of the busy  hospital schedule, high
patient load, short staffing, and a lack of experience on the part of
some
nurses and even hospital LCs at times. >

I think you have hit the nail right on the head. In one way, many
hospital personnel are caught between a rock and a hard place.

They are "stuck" to deal with the sequelae of managed, medicated birth
and epidurals, pharmaceutical "subversiveness in advertising", and
institutional costcutting pressures/short stays, etc.

Yet they feel increasingly threatened and criticized by the gap between
their outcomes, and the standards held up by the Surgeon General's goals,
Ten Steps of BFHI, etc.

And the babies, the parents, and the breastfeeding experience often get
caught in the crunch together with them.

Jean
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K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC
Dayton, Ohio USA

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