Hi, All: Two things I want to add to this discussion. 1. You could line up 10 women and ask them to nurse their babies in the cradle hold with asymmetric latch. You will see 10 different "cradle holds" and 10 different "latches". If the mom and baby are comfortable, if mom's nipples are comfortable during the feeding, and baby is getting milk, they are FINE! Doesn't really matter what it looks like as long as the feeding is meeting these 3 criteria. 2. Each mother and baby must learn to breastfeed themselves. It is the responsibility of both the mother and her baby to LEARN breastfeeding. And they do this by practicing by themselves, after some education. All the nurses, doctors, and lactation consultants in the world sticking their 2 cents in are not going to make it work for the mother/baby. Each mother and her baby must be given, and need the time, to learn this on their own. My responsibility as the consultant is to give the mother the information she needs to help herself and her baby learn how to breastfeed. And I'm available to her for additional help if she needs it. Pam Hirsch, BSN,RN,IBCLC Clinical Lead, Lactation Services Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Barrington, IL USA *********************************************** 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