I just read an article by Dr. Ruth Lawrence in the Jan 3, 2001 JAMA. It's entitled "A 35-Year-Old Woman Experiencing Difficulty With Breastfeeding". I do hope that it will be widely read, it covers a lot, and should be quite edifying for many in the medical field. However, I thought that it had come out that some limited breastfeeding of the infant with galactosemia is considered possible- in the article galactosemia was listed as a contraindication for breastfeeding. I was really stymied by the hand position that Dr. Lawrence describes and shows per illustration in her article as being correct- the ole' scissors hold, and she labels the "C" hold as incorrect. Personally, if a particular way is working for a Mom, I don't care much how she holds her breast, but I have generally found that the scissors hold usually means Mom's fingers are where baby's mouth should be, and that a soft nipple will draw back and the baby plays chase the disappearing nipple. The C hold works well, and if Mom indents a bit with the finger under the breast, latch on is greatly facilitated. Is this truly the new recommendation for support and presentation of the breast to infant? I need to be enlightened. Has anyone else read this article? What did you think? Sincerely, Diana _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html