AMEN!!
I recently had a conversation with a postpartum nurse whose attitude
reminded me of when I waited tables. "The customer is always right, give the
customer what they want." She said that if WE (the lactation consultants) could
convince the mothers to stop asking for bottles and pacifiers and free formula
then they would gladly comply. But they aren't going to DENY the mothers
what they want.
Some people seem to have forgotten (or still don't know) that feeding a baby
is a medical issue with medical repercussions and should be treated as such.
A broken record for this audience, I know.
I think if more mothers were more firm in their resolve to breastfeed and
not allow hospital policy or procedure to deter them the hospital policy and
procedure would change more easily. Maybe I am just hoping and dreaming!
Christie Pillado
El Paso, TX
Where I just had to tell my computer's spell check AGAIN to "learn"
breastfeed is all one word...sigh.
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:10:04 EST
From: Jena Sallenger <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Babies in rooms
In our small Southern hospital, it's interesting that hardly any of the L&D
nurses allow their babies to go to the nursery at all during their hospital
stay. The babes are bathed, observed and examined by the peds in the room.
All
it takes is refusal of mom to allow the baby to go to the nursery. These
moms tell the pediatrician before delivery that that is the way it will be,
and
if the doc refuses to examine the baby in the room, mom can change docs.
When
did we become afraid to stand our ground and demand what is best for our
babies? If we can't do this, how can we teach our patients do it? When I had
my
babies 27 and 25 years ago, the postpartum nurses would barely speak to me
because I insisted on rooming in with my nursing babies. I was quite young,
but
also very determined. Did the nurses hurt my feelings? Not at all. I wonder
what exactly people are afraid that nurses and hospitals might do to them
if
they insist on keeping their own babies in the room. Can't take your baby,
can't turn you out of the hospital. I think maintaining a pleasant, but firm
tone of voice helps, and maybe talking with the OB and peds before hand,
too.
Yes, it does take a lot of nerve to do this, but doesn't being a mommy take
a
lot of nerve?
Jena Sallenger RN MSN IBCLC RLC
Florence, SC
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