On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 09:32:55 EDT, Ann Perry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Can anyone give me some proof that a newborn who is mucousy needs to have
>their stomachs suctioned out or induce vomiting to improve the baby's
condition?


Seems to me that passing the mucous through the digestive tract ought to
help clear meconium.  No research to back that guess up of course.

Too bad we have to prove harm to stop an invasive procedure when those
performing it only need to site precedence.

-Claire Bloodgood, IBCLC

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