Given all the babies I've seen who have been suctioned and exhibit impaired oral motor functioning, I thought the article below interesting. Done before shoulder delivery, Suctioning Doesn't Alter Meconium Aspiration Risk, Intrapartum suctioning also did not change neonatal mortality rates. <A HREF="http://www2.eobgynnews.com/scripts/om.dll/serve?article=aqo030380701c"> http://www2.eobgynnews.com/scripts/om.dll/serve?article=aqo030380701c</A> Kathy Kathleen Fallon Pasakarnis, M.Ed. IBCLC Nurturing Family Lactation and Parenting Services *********************************************** 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(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html