In a message dated 8/17/99 1:59:13 PM Central Daylight Time,
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<< Second day mom was allowed skin-to-skin holding once.  After that she
 was told she couldn't hold baby because all he wanted to do was
 breastfeed.  >>

AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH!

What is it with these people?  I can't hold MY baby??!!?  Can someone PLEASE
explain to me what makes these people (Denny's included) think they can make
such decisions?  I just can't seem to get it.  Ooh, she's MY baby.  Sorry
you're gonna have to come up with a better reason than that to keep me from
holding her.

I guess I wouldn't be a very good mother of a hospitalized infant ... oh,
wait, I DID have a hospitalized infant.  Her care went just the way I wanted
it to (after I told the ER doc I would be staying for the spinal tap).  I
even had a regular hospital bed brought in and the crib removed so we could
sleep together.  AND, I DID *mention* the hospitals attempt to have excellent
patient satisfaction when I was met with resistance to my requests.  And I
was never afraid that Madeline's care would be substandard because I might
have been seen by some staff as demanding.

When I teach classes I remind moms and dads that THEY are the parents of
their children.  They have rights and need to learn them.

Theresa Chmiel, CLC, ICCE
Las Vegas, NV

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