This thread is one of my hotter buttons, am very glad that it has been
brought up, since I've had a feeling about this for nearly 24 years.
Anecdote:
I was given pethidine (demerol) about 1 hour before delivering. Danielle
was anoxic, had to be resuscitated, deep blue in color, Apgar 6/8. When
they finally got her breathing and stabilized and brought her to me, not
to hold but in a crib next to the delivery table, I just looked at her
and thought "How nice. Red hair, blue face." Much much later I berated
myself at my reaction, or rather, non-reaction to my firstborn. Why in
heaven's name wasn't I just a teeny bit UPSET (yes, a yell) that my baby
was as blue as a Smurf? Must've been feeling prettttty goooood from the
narcotic! BTW, I didn't ask for it - the needle was shoved into my
bottom. BTW, pt. 2, Danielle is learning disabled. I wonder why????
Judy Knopf