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Diane W wisely says:
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Off-topic? The more I think about it, the more I think no birth topic =
is off-topic on a breastfeeding list.>>
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I am in the belated throes of updating my topics for our 6 day course and
our cram course, and was going through Larry Gartner's info on jaundice in the
new Hale/Hartmann book. The entire time I was reading it and his
recommendations for babies to breastfeed 10-12 times/24 hours starting in the first day
-- citing, of course, DeCarvalho's work in 1982, it occurred to me that for
the most part, it won't happen UNLESS we change the birth practices. Another
article I was reading cited a study (don't remember which one now) that said
that nearly 50% of healthy full term newborns latch & suckle incorrectly the
first 24 hours. I'd believe it.
Breastfeeding is so inextricably intertwined with how the birth is "managed"
(or not managed in the case of a normal birth) that we are fortunate we see
as many good breastfeeding outcomes as we do.
There simply shouldn't be so many of US struggling as hard as we do to work
with so many mothers who are struggling so hard to accomplish what is
supposed to be a normal part of life.
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC -- who is really missing her old birthing center
right now.
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