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The pressure on moms by hospital policies and routines are everywhere from
the moment she comes to the hospital. Many things are presented as an order
not a choice even the "small" things are presented that way. So, of course,
if she doesn't have a say in something that is "small" why would she have a
say in something big or even feel empowered to go against what they say.
To illustrate this I will share a recent encounter with a mom. I was there
to give info on jaundice (after 49 hrs and bili 17). They kept telling her to
give aim (baby was also doing lights). She said she had to give the aim when
they come back. (Floor nurse even came in and asked why she hadn't gave it
yet.) She had said she didn't want the baby bathed but they said it was
required. So mom really felt like since she had no say in the bath why would she be
able to do something different when her baby is sick. I left pages copied
from the Breastfeeding Answer Book and AAP statement too. In the end mom gave
the aim.
Kim Ann Lorber
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Mama to 4 breastfed boys~~
Psalms 22:9 Yet you brought me out of the womb, you made me trust in you
even at my mother's breast.
In a message dated 2/14/2005 8:50:46 A.M. Central Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:
Many mothers of premies tell me that if they HAVE TO comply
> with the doc's wishes to give their babies AIM and/or not
> allow them to go to breast before learning how to bottlefeed.
> They are under the impression that they have no say in the
> matter at all. I would love to be able to quote a law that
> gives them this right. Would you please share your references with us?
>
In the US a child may not be given medical treatment without the consent of
the parent (excluding immediate life saving procedures). This is why, for
example, if a family chooses to not allow treatment for a child's cancer on
religious grounds the hospital must go to court to get permission to usurp
parental authority. The same ought to hold true for medical treatment
(giving of ABM, bottles) of a newborn. I believe that if treatment was
given without consent that it would be legally classified as assault.
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