Dear Friends:
 
Why does supplementing in the postpartum ward automatically mean formula? 
Every mom there has newborn milk in her breasts. Put the baby skin to skin for 
10-20 minutes, then show/teach hand expression and give baby those precious 
drops of honey/manna. 
 
I had a heated discussion with a staff nurse who told me angrily that "we 
don't have time for that, we have to feed these babies right away to get their 
blood sugars up." 
Meanwhile, the baby who has been given formula after birth because her mother 
is diabetic now has TWO risk factors for developing diabetes, instead of only 
one. Besides the genetic risk (maternal diabetes), health care staff have 
added another, givin formula. So set a baby up for future diabetes because 
there's no time to give better care? Does this make ANY sense?
 
Baby's blood sugars drop after birth for a few hours, and then come up on 
their own (even if baby isn't fed). Taking the newborn away from her mother makes 
the blood sugar drop. Keeping baby skin to skin keeps blood sugars up. 
 
warmly,
 
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
_http://www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com/_ 
(http://www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com/) 
www.myspace/AdonicaLee



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