Re message:> >Melissa >I have seen a similar video presented by Anne-Marie Widstrom (a Swedish >midwife researcher) which also shows a baby getting to the breast unaided, >and also demonstrates a baby and mother in Russia, baby hadn't been feeding >well at all until it was unswaddled and put on mum's chest - tears from mum >(and audience) as baby managed to get to the breast unaided. I think it >showed a mum and baby in the bath together managing to do the same thing. >The video I saw had Swedish commentary, but the pictures really spoke for >themselves. Not sure how you would get hold of this video. Has anyone >else seen this? I saw this video when I visited Anne-Marie in Stockholm in 1990. I'm quite sure you can order it from Anne-Marie at the Nursing Research Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Photos from the video are in the article "Gastric Suction in Healthy Newborn Infants - Effects on Circulation and Developing Feeding Behaviour". ACTA PAEDIATR SCAND 76:566-572, 1987. All of Anne-Marie's and her team's research work is fascinating and this particular video is especially impressive. I'm pretty sure it is now available with English subtitles. -- ******Joan M. Fisher, RN, BN, MEd, IBCLC****** ***********Ottawa, Ontario, Canada************ [log in to unmask]