I am hearing all the talk about the csec moms and others with  difficult 
births where the mother and baby are separated for a period of  time.  Of course 
this happens way too frequently.  I am wondering if  anyone has thought of 
dad's role during this separation?  
 
I had a scheduled repeat csec with my daughter.  I knew I  would be separated 
from her initially for at least an hour during  "recovery".  I had a long 
discussion with my nurse  about this prior  to the section.  She understood my 
desire to have no interventions (no eye  ointment, no weighing etc) until I was 
able to be reunited an have our first  bf.  After an initial assessment and 
findind baby in great shape, she  returned DH and baby to my room and set them 
up in a rocking chair skin to skin,  and left them alone for bonding.  Imagine 
my pleasure, being wheeled in to  my room and the first sight I saw was my DH 
naked from the waist up with my  daughter also naked on his chest, wrapped in 
a bath blanket.  As soon as I  was settled, DH brought her to me for the first 
bf.  She latched like a  champ, like she had been doing it forever.  Although 
we had other bf  trials, the latch was never an issue. 
 
My question is...Could the uninterrupted bonding with dad make  an impact in 
these situations where separation is inevitable?  Has anyone  heard of any 
studies to the fact?  I would like to present this idea to my  hospital, to make 
this the norm, instead of baby laying in a warming bed the  entire time mom is 
in recovery.
 
TIA..and pardon any typos...it is difficult to type with a 12  mo old 
nursling attached. lol
 
Renee RN
IBCLC to be
LLL leader applicant (again)
 (http://www.tickercentral.com/)  

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