Dear Friends:
    Denise Fisher brings up an interesting idea to use  amniotic fluid to
feed premature infants. I have always wanted to save some  amniotic fluid to use
to help with latch-on difficulties, as I have heard many  times that the scent
from the Montgomery glands is the same as the scent of the  fluid. Research
has shown that babies track the smell on their wet hands as one  way to find
the nipple and areola.
    Probably would repel some practitioners if there  was meconium in it.
However, it's all sterile, isn't it?
    warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Maternal-Child Adjunct  Faculty Union Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
Support the WHO Code and the Mother-Friendly Childbirth  Initiative

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