Isn't the body amazing? Marsha Glass mentions a case of a mom and infant who were stranded in a blizzard for a week, and the baby shut down and did not move for 24 hours to conserve energy. Perhaps this baby was chilled and his core temp dropped slowly. Kids are good at surviving this kind of insult, and often survive drownings in cold water. Perhaps he was just getting fewer and fewer calories a day since mom wasn't getting any nourishment. This is certainly different from situations in which babies are seperated from their mothers by a catastrophe. Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC NYC *********************************************** 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