Tiffany,

"Forceps use can cause bruising and nerve damage to the sides of the
infant cranium, causing the jaw to deviate to the paralyzed side when
the mouth is open"

Tappero, EP, Honeyfield ME 1993. Physical Assessment of the Newborn.
Petaluma, CA: NICUlinkBook Publishers.

Much discussion of forceps and vaccuum births can be found in Mary
Kroeger and Linda Smith's book, Impact of Birthing Practices on
Breastfeeding. I highly recommend it.

Brenda Phipps, BS, IBCLC

             ***********************************************

To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail
To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest)
To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
All commands go to [log in to unmask]

The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html