In a message dated 5/6/2004 7:50:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Every mother who delivers in a hospital in the USA and most of the
developed
world gets an IV dose of pitocin (not an IM injection) to help decrease
blood
loss by contracting the uterus.  The cheaper, better way to do this is
to put
the baby to the breast immediately!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

In many parts of the US, so many laboring women get augmented with pitocin to
speed labor along; the "snag the bag, slip the clip, hang the drip" method of
childbirth,

....I wonder what the effect of getting pit in labor has on uterine tone
early postpartum?

Does pit in labor increase the *need* for pit postpartum? -vs- early nipple
stim via Bf.

would make an interesting study..........


Debbie Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
LCAGW Co-VP
Springfield, Virginia USA
In the Fairfax County suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway

www.BestBreastfeeding.Info

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