In a message dated 5/29/2006 12:03:37 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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Shouldn't all policies that impact babies assume the true nature of the  
human infant 
as the guiding principle?


Dear Friends:
    Yes.
    Oh YES!!
 
   Apologies in advance for writing in SUCH a  passion!!!
    
    The whole purpose of labor and birth is to bring  forth a live healthy 
baby.
    
    In today's obstetrics, the baby is the last one to  be considered when 
considering or intending technology as part of the  process.
 
    I've seen babies sent to NICU because their blood  sugars are low. These 
babies aren't sick. They are hungry. They need what  is in their mother's 
breast. And that is the last thing these babies will  get, and only if they are 
lucky.
 
    Everything is inside out.
 
    What about the Lieberman study showing that babies  born to febrile 
mothers would more likely be hypotonic or even have a  seizure. Guess what was the 
conclusion of that study of 1,218  dyads???
 
    Reduce the use of epidural anesthesia would be my  conclusion.
 
    No, that wasn't it.
 
    The researchers suggest that we should examine  further to see if normal 
babies having seizures in the nursery is really of  any consequence.
 
    This is nuts to me.
 
    And why is breastfeeding still so hard? The US got  people to put their 
babies "Back to Sleep" when unattended in just a few years.  Isn't 
breastfeeding just as important in a life?
 
    Sheesh!!
    warmly,

 
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, RLC, CCE
craniosacral  therapy practitioner
Faculty, Lactation Division Maternal-Infant Program,  Union Institute
Film Reviews Editor,  JHL
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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