Rachel asked about what happens re uniting mothers and babies after
Caesarean births.

The majority of births where I work are Caesarean.  After a quick peek at
her infant, the baby is examined by a paediatrician and then brought to the
nursery in an incubator by the paediatrician, a midwife and the father.
Mother is taken to recovery for about half an hour then comes to the ward.
She is still pain-free from the spinal anaesthetic.

Baby is then taken immediately to mother for a breastfeed.  Baby is usually
dressed by this stage and wrapped in two warm towels.  Given half a chance,
I take the naked baby to the mother and let the skin-to-skin contact weave
its magic.  One or two of the other midwives are now leaving the babies
undressed if they know I will be taking baby out.  Small steps!

I know of another hospital in Cape Town that places babies skin-to-skin in
the operating room.  Only one doctor supports this so far, but it's an
exciting possibility ....

Jean Ridler      RN  RM  IBCLC
South Africa

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