Martha, In these kind of cases I thank my lucky stars that the ped is willing to keep the IV going until nursing resumes and isn't insisting that the baby be force fed with a rubber nipple. Skin to skin is great! And the baby will come around. I tell moms to give nothing else to suck on...absolutely nothing. If there is a reason to supplement with pumped milk...use a cup feeder. Sooner or later the need to suck outweighs all other variables and baby will nurse. Susan Keith-Hergert RN, MS, CPN, IBCLC Mercy Health Partners Cincinnati, Ohio *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html