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Date: | Sun, 25 Aug 2002 23:28:25 EDT |
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Hi everyone,
I am so frustrated by this. Just last week, I was working with an induced 38
weeker with a tiny mouth, disorganized suck, and a mom with huge flat and
dimpled nipples. And she was induced so that she could be pre-registered at
the hospital and because the baby seemed like he was "getting too big" though
his birthweight was just over 7 lbs.
I have been seeing so much of this in my area. Near term babies because the
doctors are inducing or c/sing at 37.5-38.5 weeks and for a variety of
reasons. In fact, the voluntary induction issue made our local news last
week!
I moved down to Southern Florida within the past two years and am not
hospital-based, so I may be seeing a concentration of the worst outcomes. My
question is if you are seeing this all over the US or is this a "fashion
statement" down here?
Thanks!
Karen Seroussi, currently LLLL and waiting for the exam
"The more you say, the less people remember." --Anatole France, satirist
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