We did this recently, I wrote about it to the group, even have a picture of
it now! 

We are about to have baby friendly inspection in the next few months.
Here is paste of what I sent to the list earlier , feel free to contact me
directly with questions:
I just have to tell you'll what happened at work this week.

We are a small community hospital and we do all of our c sections in the
main OR and they go to recovery room afterwards while baby goes to the
nursery. We have progressed over the last year for mom to get to keep baby
in the OR for some time after the birth instead of an immediate whisk away
to the nursery, I have been trying off and on to get it approved (isn't it a
shame it has to even be approved) for moms to nurse on the OR table......

WELLLLLL

the other day baby was born and healthy, at about 3 minutes of age baby
wrapped and took to head of the bed to see mom and dad, and he was rooting
like crazy, the CRNA (Nurse Anesthetist) said he looks hungry, and I said
yes he does and the mom said can I nurse him...... in the past we haven't
tried this because of opposition met form OR staff, any way the CRNA said
yeah nurse him , and I looked at her and she said go for it, I asked the doc
and he said sure...... so we put baby to breast and in a few minutes time he
latched on laying on his tummy across the top of moms chest. He nursed and
nursed, then when it was time to transfer her from the OR table to the bed,
I held onto him and the OR crew slid her over, her never let go and he
stayed attached all the way to the recovery room, I accompanied her there,
the Recovery room nurse was cool with the baby being there, and we brought
mom and baby back to her post partum room together and the only time he let
go was when we hit a bump in the tiles but he got himself right back on.....

He continued to nurse in the room, and when he was done we did all of the
bath and admission stuff right in the postpartum room.... I don't know who
was happier, me or the family!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully this will be the beginning
of a new trend in our unit!

Just had to share this happy event with you!

Cindy
Cindy Curtis RN IBCLC
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http://www.breastfeedingonline.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Lactation Information and Discussion
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of baba
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 8:34 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [LACTNET] Hospitals that are putting babies on breast on the
operating table

Hi  LCs,

 

 

I would greatly appreciate any information especially anyone can give me on
this 

 topic. 

 

All NYC HHC hospitals will be receiving funding to facilitate efforts to 

 become Baby Friendly. I am having a meeting on tommorrow with 

 representatives from OB and other departments to draft Bellevue’s 

 proposal for utilization of this money.

 

  In order for us to follow step 4: helping mothers to initiate 

 breastfeeding within ½ hour of birth we will have to start helping 

 those mothers that have caesarians breastfeed on the operating table. 

 We are not doing this and I need to find out which hospitals are so 

 that I can communicate with them and find out how. This is the 

information I’ve been asked to find out in order to propose that we 

 set up the OR in our L&D to accommodate breastfeeding. 

  

If anyone who has been present at a caesarian birth

 where breastfeeding was

 facilitated on the table could describe to me the

 scenario and how it was done I would really appreciate it.

 

My Bellevue e-mail address is [log in to unmask]

 

 Thank you,

  

 

 Barbara Holmes RD, IBCLC

 

 

 


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