Dear Lactnet Friends:

All healthy newborns should be placed skin to skin with their mothers after
birth, no matter what their feeding choice.

Does anyone know of a research study where birth skin to skin care
increases breastfeeding rates in mothers who had chosen NOT to breastfeed?

I have seen this happen in the delivery room sometimes, when a mother says
(after her newborn has crawled over and plugged-in), "Oh, if he wants it
that much, I guess I'll do it" or "If breastfeeding is that easy, I'll do
it." Those are just stories, and anecdotes are the lowest form of evidence.
I wonder if anyone has ever studied this.

warmly,
-- 
Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC
Author:* Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Breastfeeding Therapy*
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
https://www.facebook.com/nikkileehealth

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