On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Dawn Kersula wrote:

> I find here too that skin-to-skin too often doesn't involve any skin. I
> always wonder if a copy of some of those studies would help!

I was chagrined to have one of our best CNM's insist that a mom have a
towel between her and her newborn baby, even when the mom kept saying, "I
want him skin-to-skin."  :/

> I'm talking at Rotary today about the Vermont Breastfeeding Friendly
> Employer Initiative! If all 100 members show up you may hear my knees
> knocking! (But the power point presentation is ready and I'm
> appropriately dressed....)

Just remember... you know way more about your topic than anyone else in
the room!  That used to work for me at piano recitals.  ;)

Cee
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Cecilia Mitchell Miller
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Certified Birth Doula (DONA)
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Jacksonville, FL USA

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