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Barbara Latterner <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 15 Sep 2002 18:44:01 EDT
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Mary Kay and All,

"Bathing a 24 hour
old baby (immersion) is not advisable due to potential for cord infection ..."

This brings up a question I've grappled with and have received different
answers depending to whom I speak.  How serious is the risk of infection of
umbilical cord and for how long after birth is this a factor?  Or is it?
What about LeBoyer's bathing of just born babies?  How about co-bathing to
coax a non-latcher to the breast?

How about moms' safety in co-bathing?  Again for non-latching.

For both mother and baby if submersed in a well cleaned tub, removed, washed
and rinsed well if infant stooling should occur, and both again well dried is
their a real risk of infection for them?

I've had pedi's and midwives give their ok for co-bathing before cord falls
off and before that magical 6 wk PP check, but since other HCP's stand firm
on no baths until PP 6 wks and cord off, I've always been unsure.

Looking forward to a bit of discussion on this and hope it's not in archives
and I'm being remiss-will search if told it is.

Barbara Latterner, BSN, RN, IBCLC
Brewster, NY

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