I think the lc's should have a discussion about this topic. I am not sure 
the big wide mouth is the way to teach latch on anymore.

Putting baby in control of the latch does not always result in a big wide 
mouth that mom can see before bringing that baby to the breast. Babies get 
the big wide mouth by planting their chins and tipping their heads back.

What do the rest of you think?
KK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: Breastfeeding Information in Prenatal Classes



I used to teach childbirth classes. During Class 1 when I talked about
adaptations to pregnancy I talked about how the breasts are developing
the milk factory by the third month, because human milk is so important
to the infant's immature nervous, digestive and immune system. When we
talked about preterm birth, I talked about the special needs of premies
and how human milk is adapted for their needs. I tried to talk about
breastfeeding in a positive way in every class, so that I wasn't openly
selling it, but that by the end almost everyone wanted to breastfeed. I
didn't ask them their plans before the series, so I could not be
perceived as trying to change their minds. I also told a few bottle
feeding horror stories that I witnessed over the years (including the 2
families that set their house on fire heating formula in the middle of
the night, and the 3 mo old baby who was starving to death because her
pedi told mom to over-dilute the formula) - because stories stick better
than statistics.

Interestingly, the women who decided not to breastfeed anyway contained
an unusually large percentage of those who had lost their own mom in
early adolescence. I always wondered if there was a connection.
Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  NYC

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