Karen-grace: Your personal tenet also happens to be mine. There is a wonderful research article (it's been discussed before, check the archives) done by a group of midwives in which they describe H.O.T. - Hands-off Technique, which you have so aptly described in your post. After all, the mother cannot take me, her nurses, or the doctors home with her. It is hers and the baby's responsibility to learn how to nurse. And, like Diane, I always endeavor to send mom home feeling confident in her ability to nurse/parent her baby. The other technique which truly works, is skin-to-skin. I cannot talk about it enough! More and more of our staff are encouraging moms to do S2S and consequently we are seeing fewer position/latch problems. After all, the baby self-attaches with S2S - even the mother herself takes a secondary role during baby-led latching, with the LC taking no role what so ever in the feeding. Unless it is to provide verbal praise and encouragement. 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 email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html