I have a client whose baby never did latch on well despite much help. The
mother had a c sec after a hellacious birth, and the baby was deeply
suctioned after birth 7 times.  The baby then developed stridor, which
increased upon agitation, etc. Whenever he was put at the breast, he became
very agitated and upset, and always refused the breast.

He has been diagnosed with laryngomalasia. We have another client whose baby
also had sever latch difficulties. This baby also has laryngomalasia..and
stridor.

The surgeon has denied a correlation between suctioning and
stridor/laryngomalasia. However, the mother, a well informed person and a
lawyer, is questioning a relationship. She is devastated personally by her
inability to breastfeed, and has been diligently pumping milk for her child.
It has taken its toll.

Has anyone else noticed a correlation between difficult births requiring
suctioning and subsequent inability to latch?

Kathleen, sensing a JHL paper in the making....

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Kathleen B. Bruce RN, BSN, IBCLC (email = [log in to unmask])
"All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is
violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident." Schoepenhouer
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