Hi Cheryl. I usually advise mothers to hold baby closely while the
immunization is given...but not to be breastfeeding during it to avoid
being bitten accidentally. Also, I would not want a baby to associate
breastfeeding with pain elsewhere in the body, although this process might
work for some mothers and babies just fine. I never did it with my kids.

We always nursed right after it.

However, not "letting" a mom do something..to help her child goes against
my grain, as you can imagine. (which is pretty short these days)...

And all that, and I don't have the reference for you..either. Sorry. Kathleen

At 02:13 PM 10/18/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>One of my support group mothers recently had a negative experience during
>her infant's immunization. She asked if she could nurse the baby during the
>procedure and the pediatric nurse said, quite condescendingly,
>"How would you like to get poked while you were drinking something?!"
>The mother was not "allowed" to nurse her baby;in fact she wasn't even
>allowed to hold the baby during the procedure. Several months ago there was
>a research article published on the topic of decreased pain while nursing.
>Can anyone give me the reference for this?
>
>Cheryl Bean-Moody,BS,IBCLC
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