I am fascinated by all the posts on baths and how babies orient themselves to
self-attachment with the scent of amniotic fluid on their hands!  Does anyone
know what this means for babies born in water?  Will that kind of quick
rinsing interfere with the lingering scent (assuming it is plain, soap-free
water)?  How does this relate to Leboyer's work?

Secondly, I wonder why these babies born on TLC's A Baby Story are *so*
bloody?  I think one I saw today was born without an episiotomy - where did
all that blood come from?  I'm no fan of hospital routines, but I wonder if
these baths are secondary to unusually messy births (compared to births over
intact perineums)?

Elaine Ziska
Jackson, MS

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