Dear Lactnet Friends:

At the Certified Kangaroo Caregiver course, there was a film shown about KC
in which a nurse spoke about doing birth KC. Mothers who don't choose to
breastfeed are told that the baby needs to be in KC after birth to
transition. If the baby should crawl over to a breast and feed, it won't
make any difference to that mother's choice not to breastfeed, even if the
baby does breastfeed once or twice during the hospital stay while in KC.

I loved how this concern is handled so professionally, so gently and so
firmly. Isolettes are too stressful for babies; if a baby has to be in one,
then it should be a situation where the benefits of separation outway the
benefits.

Here is the information about the film; the toolkit is not ready yet.


Barbier, D., & University of Louisville University Hospital Center for Women
and Infants. (2010).  Jumping into
Kangaroo Care. A comprehensive educational toolkit.  University Hospital.
 Available from:  Denise Barbier, 34 hill
Road, Louisville, KY 40204,  502-458-232


warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, BSN, Mother of 2, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC
craniosacral therapy practitioner
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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