Jennifer,
When was this written? I was in nursing school 28 years ago, work in an LDRP
unit now, and have never seen a baby turned upside down or held by it's feet
after delivery.
When the unit is busy, I sometimes "catch" babies to help out (NRP certified
and all). Have you seen a hospital birth lately? The lights are soft and
unless family members are making noise, it is quiet. Babies are only rubbed with
a towel on our unit if they are not breathing, in which case they need the
stimulation. So far, I haven't noticed that babies actually care when you give
them the vitamin K shot. They protest over footprints much louder, and it is
the parents who insist on those.
This issue is not black or white. Hospitals are necessary, even if
everything that we do isn't. Homebirths are not a possibility for everyone, but it is
nice that it is a possibility for those who want it, and qualify for it.
Blanket statements are seldom true. Regarding hospital births and home
births, one is not good, the other automatically bad. Horror stories from either
practice could be cited, but we shouldn't do that here. Practices on both sides
can and should be improved.
Margie Forrest, RN, BSN, IBCLC
The Lactation Corner @ Palms West Hospital
Loxahatchee, FL
In a message dated 4/8/2006 5:55:43 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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All these departures from what normally
happened at a home birth have profoundly altered the experience of
birth for the baby. Babies protest being jabbed with needles for blood
samples and vitamin K shots, don't like to be turned upside down,
rushed through space, and handled by different people. Their skin is
extremely sensitive and they complain when rubbed and cleaned. We have
been making them angry, afraid, defensive, sad, and confused--for the
greater part of the century."
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