In a message dated 6/24/2005 6:08:09 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
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As soon  as the babe was delivered 
she was swathed and brought to us. I promptly  made the dad take off his 
shirt, took off little Alba´s clothes and put  them skin to skin


This story warmed my heart, because it is my story also.   I had a repeat 
C-sec (darned ACOG guidelines about no vbacs ahem another topic  entirely) and 
luckily talked to my nurse in advance about not wanting any  intervention to the 
baby until I was brought back to my room after  recovery.  I remember being 
wheeled into my room and the most beautiful  sight awaited me.  My husband was 
skin to skin with our daughter and  wrapped in a bath blanket.  They had done 
nothing with her, not weighed  her, bathed her nothing until that moment.  As 
soon as I was settled into  bed, Ron brought her to me, and she must have been 
ready too, because she  latched right away and was and continues to be the 
best nurser of any of my  kids.  I wrote about this in here before, and think it 
would be a wonderful  study to find out the good implications this could 
hold.  I am eternally  grateful to a thoughtful nurse that made sure my needs and 
my baby's were met as  naturally as possible in an unnatural situation.  
Thanks for sharing the  story and bringing a warm fuzzy feeling to my day :)  Oh 
and congrats to  your family and welcome baby Alba...
 
Renee Drake RN CLC
and her 15 mos old nursling
 

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