A couple of months ago when I was doing nursing mothers visits in our local hospital, a teen mom was using a "hold" very similar to the one described. After chatting and determining that it didn't hurt her nipples but with concern that her back and/or shoulders would begin to cramp, we worked toward more conventional (U.S.?) positioning. After a couple tries at cradle and one at football, we both observed that the baby was happier before. I apologized to both mother and baby, seems like he knew all along what he needed to do. Mom was enjoying b/f this way and when I called to follow up at 3 days they were doing fine. I again apologized for interfering with their system. As far as I know (we lost contact when baby was about 1 month old) they continued to do very will. *********************************************** 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