>
>
> I DO NOT work in a hospital(thank goodness) and from what I've heard I doubtthey would allow a mother to nurse during the proceedure, but what about immediately afterwards?  At
>least this information is getting out their in one of "their own"
>professional journals.  Maybe in 5 years.........
>
>Dawn Martin
>
Boy, sometimes this list can be pretty scorching for some of us. Ouch.
Anyway, nursing during a circ just is not possible. Our babies ARE
brought to the mothers IMMEDIATELY after the procedure to be nursed and
loved.
Many painful procedures can be done with the baby at breast. I still
wonder whether this doesn't cause the baby to associate the breast with
something painful though.
I think soothing them during the procedure with something like
Sweet-Ease (or novacaine, even better!) and then soothing them at the
breast afterward might prevent bad associations for them.
Karen in CT
(Not even bothering to don the flameproof suit...it doesn't help anyway.)

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