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Nikki Lee <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:33:05 EDT
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Dear Friends:
 
Fletcher and Harris published an article on the effectiveness of using a  
hands' off technique for working with new mothers in hospital. It's in  
Breastfeeding Review. Lawetel has just published an article showing that  midwives 
learned more about bf management; hands off was part of the 4-hour  training that 
they received. This article was just published in Maternal and  Child 
Nutrition 2007. (I wish they had shown that the midwives that had their  skills 
increased had better outcomes with mothers, but that would have been too  
complicated to measure in one study.)
 
Swedish researchers showed, in a paper published in the lovely free  journal, 
International Breastfeeding Journal, that NICU mothers didn't like  hands on 
assistance.
 
Chloe Fisher says in one of the Mark-It TV films that hands-on is a last  
resort. 
 
I feel it belongs in our toolbox as a technique to use as a last resort,  and 
then only after permission is granted.
 
warmly,
 
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Lactation Consultant,  Philadephia Department of Public Health
_www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com_ (http://www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com/) 
www.myspace.com/AdonicaLee



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