Hello all, I am a board certified pediatrician with a long standing interest in lactation and infant nutrition. My background is rather eclectic. I did a one year predoctoral fellowship in nutrition studying infant feeding plans in an Adolescent Mother population (between 2nd and 3rd years of med school 80-81), a postdoctoral fellowship in Infant Taste and Smell at the Monell Chemical Senses Center 1985), worked in community health education (primarily Chemical Dependency and AIDS prevention and intervention), did my pediatrics training at Cook County Hospital (1983-84) and Kaiser San Francisco (1989-92). I also completed a three year commitment with the Public Health Service in the National Health Service Corps (1992-1995 /Bakersfield and Las Vegas) working extensively with WIC. In the last year I have been in private practice in Modesto CA--also doing a lot of community based work. I am fortunate to work with three nurses with lactation education/counseling backgrounds. I am also now the mother of a three week old infant ( andlearning that some of my Lactation "advice" was somewhat silly). I am most interested in LACTNET--there aren't other pediatricians in town with an interest in lactation issues. I am also interested in info in creating baby friendly workplaces and health care facilities (not just the hospital but offices, clinics etc). My question is: Are there alternative positioning techiniques for mothers with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? For that matter positioning for moms with physical challenges in general. I could not find much in the Orthopedic Literature. Perhaps someone with an OT or PT background could enlighten me on this. Looking forward to the dialogue: Pierrette Mimi Poinsett MD FAAP (Mimi is easiest) Modesto CA