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Date: | Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:56:25 EST |
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I am hearing all the talk about the csec moms and others with difficult
births where the mother and baby are separated for a period of time. Of course
this happens way too frequently. I am wondering if anyone has thought of
dad's role during this separation?
I had a scheduled repeat csec with my daughter. I knew I would be separated
from her initially for at least an hour during "recovery". I had a long
discussion with my nurse about this prior to the section. She understood my
desire to have no interventions (no eye ointment, no weighing etc) until I was
able to be reunited an have our first bf. After an initial assessment and
findind baby in great shape, she returned DH and baby to my room and set them
up in a rocking chair skin to skin, and left them alone for bonding. Imagine
my pleasure, being wheeled in to my room and the first sight I saw was my DH
naked from the waist up with my daughter also naked on his chest, wrapped in
a bath blanket. As soon as I was settled, DH brought her to me for the first
bf. She latched like a champ, like she had been doing it forever. Although
we had other bf trials, the latch was never an issue.
My question is...Could the uninterrupted bonding with dad make an impact in
these situations where separation is inevitable? Has anyone heard of any
studies to the fact? I would like to present this idea to my hospital, to make
this the norm, instead of baby laying in a warming bed the entire time mom is
in recovery.
TIA..and pardon any typos...it is difficult to type with a 12 mo old
nursling attached. lol
Renee RN
IBCLC to be
LLL leader applicant (again)
(http://www.tickercentral.com/)
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