I am so sorry for those who have had negative support from hospital staff with babies that were dangerously ill ... I thought I'd give a different side of the story from a situation we had when I worked in Puerto Rico - the baby was born with such trauma (another story of induction gone wrong) that he had NO reflexes. No nurse in the hospital had ever seen a baby this sick recover. However, when the mom indicated she had wanted to breastfeed her baby, her pediatrician and the nurses made sure I was informed, I arranged for a pump and followed her closely during those first difficult days. Family members thought she was going "overboard", but at the same time were glad she had something to concentrate on besides her very sick baby. I was one of the staff helping her to hold her baby on day 2 and 3 - a shock to me, too, seeing an infant that could not respond AT ALL! By day 5 the baby WAS making sucking movements with the mouth - and by day 10 was breastfeeding! I saw them again when he was 9 months old - a normal, healthy child who played "If I drop my toy, you'll pick it up." with me. This was MY lesson - make SURE every mother that WANTED to breastfeed is assisted in doing so - the end result is not mine, but I can make a difference with my small part. Since then I have been extremely vocal in any trainings I offer to hospital nurses - help the mom accomplish what she planned! Jeanette Panchula California *********************************************** 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