On the one side are the natural-birth proponents, armed with research supporting the idea that epidurals lengthen labor, make pushing difficult, increase the risk of a Caesarean section, and leave the newborn unable to properly latch on to the breast after birth.
The door had not been latched properly, and it swung gently open as I rapped it with my knuckles.
The mother should not be hearing a clicking noise if the baby is latched on properly, and there should not be a dimpling of the baby's cheeks while the baby is nursing.
But sometimes this is physically impossible: babies can take time to latch properly, leaving mums with raw, bleeding nipples.
The Ford Motor Company said that it was recalling 1.4 million 2001 vehicles because some seat-belts might not latch properly.
Front doors may not latch properly and could open while the vehicle is being driven or is in a crash, the automaker told N.H.T.S.A.
If Josh Hill had a wife who was a first-time mother, engorged and exhausted in New York City, and a tiny baby screaming for food because he couldn't latch properly, he'd be singing a different song about the Upper Breast Side.
The recall follows an investigation initiated in May, after N.H.T.S.A. received four complaints from owners who said doors did not latch properly and, in one case, opened while the vehicle was moving.
