In a message dated 5/16/2006 10:26:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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Considering what I have seen happen in early
postpartum breasts with vacuum use, and it being like a vacuum cleaner in
attracting into the vacuum any fluid or flesh that will move, I shudder to
think what the vacuum might be doing to the Circle of Willis, the spinal
fluid inside the dura, etc. of the baby's head, let alone the circulation
and interstitial fluid of the scalp itself!
Dear Friends:
Yes, a vacuum is a very serious thing to use on a newborn, whose head is
basically like a plastic bag full of jello with some pieces of cardboard
stuck to the plastic bag; this analogy refers to the skull bones (plates of
cardboard), the meninges (plastic bag) and jello (brain).
Injured babies don't want to nurse. And if they are injured enough, they
can't nurse. Depending on the injury, they can't feel their tongue or move
it, or use their mouths symmetrically, or open their jaws.
Then if separation from the mother is added to the mix, and perhaps some
deep suctioning or bottle feeding or circumcision in the delivery room (that
I am encountering more frequently).............how in the world can we
expect these babies to breastfeed?
warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, RLC, CCE
craniosacral therapy practitioner
Faculty, Lactation Division Maternal-Infant Program, Union Institute
Film Reviews Editor, JHL
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com
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