Mary Kay  said,
 
<<I  don't  
think I'd refuse any of the meds prescribes as there are very  good reasons 
they  are being given.>>

 
 
I think the problem is  that there aren't good explanations being given to 
the mother as to why they are  being prescribed.  I think the teaching here is a 
bit on the flimsy  side.  She needs to know just "why" the doc thinks she'll 
bleed to death if  she breastfeeds -- not just that she will.
 
I sorta feel as though  this is back to the "don't you worry your pretty 
little head about a thing --  I'm the health professional, and I'll take care of 
you.  Just do what I  say."
 
Saw enough of that (was  taught that was how it was to be) back in the dim 
dark recesses of my nursing  school past.



Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, Wheaton IL
_www.lactationeducationconsultants.com_ 
(http://www.lactationeducationconsultants.com/) 
"I  would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there 
isn't,  than live my life as though there isn't, and die to find out there 
is." -  Pascal

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