Some of my colleagues think I'm a bit of a bully and definately obsessed, although it's getting better and I smile quietly to myself when I hear my own phrases and expressions repeated by them as if they thought them up themselves. Just finished a week of night-duty, had a nice quick delivery (although not as quick as the undiagnosed one in the surgery). Birth plan stated no skin-to-skin but would 'try' to breastfeed. Mum adamant after the birth no skin-to-skin and not keen to b/f at this stage. 'Well you've got to give him something' I say, so reluctantly she puts him to the breast, 'Oh its easier than I thought' she says. I know perfectly well that even though we are a Baby Friendly Unit, others would have just got a bottle and that would have been that. Its not exactly challenging, more like trying to make b/f the obvious choice, the 'normal' choice. (sometimes feels like swimming upstream in a river of treacle) Hilary RM IBCLC Somerset, England *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html