First of all, thanks to all for the welcoming comments. It was nice to be
noticed on such a big list of subscribers.
Next, I have a problem proposed to me by one of my fellow nursing
students from an experience she had in Labor and Delivery.
Due to complications, a stat C-section was done on this mom. She was put
under for the procedure.  Due to her long recovery, the infant was not
able to feed the first hour of life.  When mom was brought to the floor,
the nurses tried all different ways to stimulate the infant to wake up in
order to put it to breast. Their efforts included unwrapping the infant
to make the environment a little less comfortable, tapped his feet and
actually stroked his tongue to get him to suck.  These efforts failed and
it was decided that they would wait out his sleep cycle and then try
putting him to breast.  My understanding to the staff efforts to wake him
up and get him to feed as soon as possible was that the success of
getting a good latch was better if started as soon as possible, ideally
right after birth.  In class and in our textbook, right after birth is the
infant's most alert time for the first half to 1 hour of life.  After
this time, the infant is in a deep sleep cycle for the next 4 hours.  My
student nursing friend wanted to know if there is any other interventions
that could have been done to stimulate this baby in order for it to nurse.
I personally think it is a lost effort since I have seen infants in such
deep sleep that the dropping of a metal bedpan has not even made them
flinch.  I am calling on all of your collected experiences for imput on
this one.  Thanks a bunch.  Trisa