I think skin to skin is a miracle as well.

A few months ago I got a call from a frantic mom of a new baby, still in 
the hospital.  She told me the tale of tales, nurses telling her 
different things, baby not latching, separation due to a csection, 
people freaking out about baby not nursing, etc. I had to go into work 
and so I told her that I'd call her back after a few hours, and highly 
suggested that she calm down, that all was OK, that baby sounded 
perfectly fine, and that my recommendation was to relax, baby was only 
hours old, didn't need "food" but instead she should focus on bonding, 
just bonding.  I suggested that she go skin to skin with the baby, and 
spend a few hours just talking to the baby, counting toes, examining his 
fingers, and just bonding, and that I'd call her in a few hours and we'd 
talk then about breastfeeding.  When I called a few hours later, she 
couldn't talk.  Baby was nursing--and had nursed on and off, no 
problems, due to the skin to skin, and mom calming down and just 
relaxing with the baby.  I kinda laugh that my best advise that time was 
to tell a mom to not nurse, and that was what actually helped the baby 
nurse the most! 

Hospitals so often stress out the parents so much that what's natural 
and normal can't occur. 

Joylyn

Lynn Carter wrote:

> I was reading a book by a celebrity mom about having twins.  She was 
> 45 when they were born, and pregnancy was hard on her, so she decided 
> she would definitely bottle feed, to preserve her own health.  Never 
> mind the health of two premie twins in the NICU, but you can insert 
> your own rant here :)
>
> After a few days, the NICU nurses brought one twin out and said, 
> "Okay, it's time for skin to skin!"  The mom repeated that she would 
> not be nursing, and the nurses said that was fine, but she still 
> needed to do s2s.  Darned if that baby didn't root around, latch on, 
> and convince mom that there was no way she wasn't going to breastfeed 
> them :)
>
> The rest of the book has typical misinformation about how you can't 
> carry twins to 40 weeks and pre-eclampsia is a mystery, but the s2s 
> story was great, and there is a fabulous picture of this beautiful 
> woman tandem nursing non-discreetly.
>
> I picked it up from the bargain bin, and now I haven't a clue what to 
> do with it, because I can't give it to the library but I hate to throw 
> it away. . .
>
> Lynn in MO

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