christine described a common scenario of smooshing the
baby onto the breast and said: "The baby was
not
distressed and I am sure the mother was relieved to
have him nursing.
The
nurse did not check to see where his tongue or lips
were. "

as someone who had that happen to her, no, I was
absolutely NOT relieved that my baby was nursing.  I
didnt' like it.  I felt violated and still do, 13 mos
later.  I had a homebirth and a reluctant nurser.  I
had a very nice midwife who handled the birth and
everything else wonderfully, but I absolutely hated
that she marred my early hours of my baby boy's life
by doing that to us.

I hadn't realised how strong it still was, but I feel
ill just thinking about it.  She didnt' ask my
permission and I didnt' feel it was necessary.

=====
Kate Hallberg,http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~kolina/  mom to Ursula (7), Sage (4.5) and Benno (1!)          "Be careful about reading health books. You might die of a misprint." --Mark Twain

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