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"S. Reeves" <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 21 Oct 1998 21:23:32 -0400
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Kate stated (regarding visiting nurses/post partum visits):  I don't
know if these vary by state, but they very well might.

In New Jersey, an insurance company can avoid the minimum hospital stay
law by sending a visiting nurse to visit mom & child in the home within
the first week after discharge.  When I was sent home on Monday after a
Friday c-section with newborn twins (born at 36 wk. 5 days), the
visiting nurse visit was not an optional activity.  I suppose I could
have refused her entrance into my home, but she was very insistent.  As
an experienced mother I found the entire visit (which lasted almost 2
1/2 hours) annoying and intrusive.

Although there was quite a bit of basic parental/baby care/child safety
information being imparted, much of it was in areas that I consider
parenting issues and not medical ones - i.e. she obviously disapproved
of our family bed.   She was a bit alarmist about the twins weight loss
(which at that point, five days after birth, was 7% of birthweight 6 lb.
1 oz).  I politely declined her suggestions to supplement.  Much of the
basic breastfeeding information which she gave was outdated and just
plain wrong IMNSHO.  (I was encouraged to drink lots of milk, for
example).  Even my stepmom (who was with me during the visit) found some
of the 'education' to be condescending and somewhat judgemental and
offensive.

Susan
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mom to Benjamin (5 Dec 91), Sarah (20 Jun 95), Maxwell & Helen (24 April
98)

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