> Our main gripe (among bf supporters) is that hospital midwives still do not know how to help mothers and babies learn to recognise effective positioning, < Heather -- here was me thinking that the main gripe is that midwives still have *no* idea how to recognise effective positioning *themselves* -- ;-^ -- maybe you have better training of m/ws in Newcastle???? Around here I still get mothers reporting -- 'well the midwife took a glance at me while I was feeding and said all was fine'. (Sounds like my approach to car mechanics -- not known for its efficacy in keeping the car on the road). Magda Sachs Breastfeeding Supporter, BfN, UK *********************************************** 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