In a message dated 3/26/00 12:10:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << "Oh, the nurse at the hospital (or sometimes her doctor) checked the baby's latch and says it's fine. So it can't be positioning." That puts me in an awkward position - having to contradict the nurse or doctor. And I wonder how many mothers give up because they are in pain but they KNOW it can't be the latch or positioning because they were told it was fine? Sorry, I guess that was a bit of a rant. But it is frustrating. Teresa Pitman Guelph, Ontario >> I agree Teresa, it is frustrating. Twice this week I came across the same problem. Both times nurses told the mothers that the babies were latched on fine. One baby wasn't even sucking on the nipple--he was sucking his tongue. The other one left a good sized bruise on the mom's areola. One mom is nursing some, but also pumping-we'll be following her. The other mom gave up BF after about 24 hrs. I guess it's good that we will be doing some staff education this year. Hopefully we will be doing a lot of staff education! Laura Hart Central Florida *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html