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From: "Nikki Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 3:44 PM
Subject: [LACTNET] thoughts about infant feeding (long)
**Hello Nikki,
> Induction always means a premature baby; if injury is added to that,
> mothering is in trouble, as well as breastfeeding. In 2005, the March of
> Dimes said that 25% of prematurity in the US is the result of medical
> intervention. The mothers that deliver without pitocin are few and far
> between. Pitocin is a synthetic HORMONE......and hormones affect every
> cell
> in the body. There is a wonderful new paper published on-line in
> Breastfeeding Medicine that showed mothers who had epidurals and pitocin
> had
> lower levels of endogenous oxytocin on Day 2........and higher and faster
> prolactin response. Does this mean mothers are set up for engorgement as a
> result of induction? I believe so, particularly when mother and baby are
> injured and then separated after delivery.
**I'm really interested in this paper. I had a quick look at the
ABM-website, but can you give specific directions for it...? Thanks!
Warmly,
Marianne Vanderveen IBCLC, Netherlands
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