Re circ timing, Judy states:
It used to be day 3 when insurance paid for a 3-day stay.  It was always

just before she signed out, unless the historical guidelines were
adhered to.

Not that many years ago it was done right in the delivery room!

Without getting sidetracked on whether or not babies should be circ'd
(definitely off topic), we can agree that the timing may impact baby's
feeding behavior.  When I was a floor nurse, I occasionally wound up
holding a baby steady for a circ.  I would often slip a gloved finger in
the baby's mouth to help it settle.  (Always wondered how much of baby's
objection was the circ itself and how much was being strapped down).  On
several occasions, I would note that the more manipulating the doc was
doing, the more desparately and frantically the baby would suck, almost
as if he thought that sucking sould make it go away or at least make him
feel better.  Now in hindsight, I wonder if that was the best thing to
do.  Perhaps we should let the baby cry during the procedure rather than
using a finger or pacifier to quiet him.  Then sucking can be more of a
comfort afterwards.  Interestingly, I have seen the full gamut of
behaviors after circs-from "tuning the world out" for a couple hours to
being very fussy to having no apparant behavior effects.

Winnie

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