>In the OLCA Presentation in Ohio, Dr. Hartmann also advocates skin to skin,
>with numbers to prove the increase in milk production when skin to skin is
>stressed.  So - he did NOT say NOT to put the baby to the breast! As his team
>has such striking data on milk removal, milk replenishment,
> etc.  People tend to report this more than the other message (skin to skin)
> - but I never heard him in any way suggest that babies should be replaced
> by more efficient ways of removing milk!

Jeannette, I think that surely you'll not have contest from anyone on this
one. Certainly supporting the mother following birth to achieve immediate
and uninterrupted skin to skin contact before the first feed, followed by
close continuing and unrestricted maternal contact, must be one of the
singularly most important things we can do to help successfully initiate and
maintain breastfeeding.

Cathy Fetherston
Perth, Western Australia

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