Dear Heather -
   I forgot to say, in my previous posts, that "10 minutes each side" was
the absolute maximum, in hospital and post-discharge.  In the first few
days, mothers did not dare to feed as long as that, having been assured that
starting with 2 (or 3) minutes, and gradually increasing the duration, would
"prevent" sore nipples.  This information was taught in the midwifery texts
of the time, such as the widely used text by "Maggie" Myles, a Scottish
midwife (1958 edn., p. 490).  You might like also to check varius editions
of Jellett, an earlier midwifery text (15 editions, to 1952).  Similar
restrictions existed in Australia, e.g. see my study on Queensland:
Thorley V. Initiating breastfeeding in postwar Queensland, Breastfeeding
Review 2001;9(3):21-26.
    When I had my first baby in 1965, these rules were rigidly enforced, and
continued for years.
        Virginia
         in sunny Brisbane

Heather wrote:
> Increasingly dogmatic routines - 10 mins a side, 4 hourly feeds only
> etc etc - ...

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