In a message dated 1/9/2004 11:25:16 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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If the baby was "near term," labor was induced, birth was assisted with
forceps, vacuum extractor, or Cesarean surgery was performed, the baby is LIKELY to
have a suck-swallow-breathe problem that is preventing him from handling
normal milk volume and milk flow.
Dear Friends:
    Coach Smith reminds us to look for more than one cause for any
breastfeeding difficulty. This is wise.
    However, I wonder about her statement. I know that babies born via
operative delivery MAY have suck/swallow/breathe incoordination; I haven't read
anything yet that says it is LIKELY. Big difference.
    Have things gotten THAT bad now?
    warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Editor, Journal of Human Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative

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