Rachel,
 
I love these comments because they ring true with me about setting a  
relaxed tone with families.  Wonderful statement about the oxytocin and  
affection enough, it energizes me.  Thank you for your wise woman  sharing.
 
Barbara Latterner, BSN, RN, IBCLC
 
 
Rachel wrote...I joke a lot with women, because the postpartum period in  
the hospital
is fraught with angst and I think joking helps alleviate it ('if  it
were really that dangerous, she wouldn't be joking, would she?').  Of
course I strive not to trample on anyone's personal boundaries  with
humor, but I think the risk of trampling is less if you are  laughing
with someone than if you are being coldly clinical. For me, it is  part
of expressing how much I like mothers and babies in general, and  the
mother and baby in front of me in particular. I don't often have  to
pretend to like someone, either. I just take a deep breath of  the
oxytocin-laden air in the room and I feel affectionate  enough.


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