In a message dated 97-09-16 16:45:15 EDT, you write: << Jane, tell us more about the video! I have seen Medela's booklet and wished there was a video to go with it, to show parents. Thanks, >> Gina, The video is called "Samuel: Breastfed infants with cleft lip and cleft palate". The address is: Christa Herzog-Isler DIPL. STILLBERATERIN IBCLC PILATUSSTRASSE 4 . CH-6033 BUCHRAIN Switzerland FAX + TELEFON 041 . 440 2214 I do not have a price on this video as the copy I have is on loan from Kay Hoover. It is at least 20 to 30 minutes long and shows babies with different kinds of clefts. The baby with just the cleft lip breastfeeds without problems. There is a baby who has Down's Syndrome and a cleft lip and palate and several other babies nursing. Then there is Samual who has a complete bilateral cleft lip and palate. There are several scenes of his mother coaxing him to the breast and breastfeeding. There is very little dialog and lots of classical music. The mother uses lots of breast massage and you can hear the audible gulping. Also Samuel is not a newborn, but looks to me to be at least 3 months old as he smiles and laughs and is very sociable and appealing. At the end of his nursing the mother removes his obturator which was a shock the first time I saw it as it was completely unnoticable until she pulled it out of his mouth. I said to myself "So that's how he could do it!" Another section Christa tells of her retrospective study and her conclusions about upper resp. infections and middle ear infections which were continuous in the formula fed babies, GREATLY reduced in the breast milk fed babies, and there were NO middle ear infections in the babies who were actually breastfed. She surmises that the muscles of the palate are important in opening and ventilating the "ear tubes" properly. What else can I say. It convinced me! Maybe it can convince others in the medical field. Jane Bradshaw RN, BSN, IBCLC Lynchburg, VA