Hey
Could you please call your friend and have her call me. :-)
Joylyn
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>In a message dated 12/28/2005 11:39:00 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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>I think that would be wonderful, and I'll ask the parents if they'd like
>this, after they go home--but I think the parents would very much
>agree. I just got off the phone with the dad, last night went better,
>although there were the constant separation from the parents to do the
>weight check, the ped evaluation, and the hearing screening. I guess
>the baby screamed through the hearing test, and they finally called mom
>in to nurse the baby through the test, even though it is against
>protocol to have mom in that room. Mom got the baby latched on
>immediately and the test was completed without problems. Uh, duh. Baby
>is gaining weight now, and the nurses stayed away while the baby was
>breastfeeding (at one point yesterday the baby was trying to latch on
>and the nurse came in, took the baby away from the mother forcefully,
>wrapped him up even though the mother was saying he likes to nurse skin
>to skin, and then manhandled the mom's breast, with the nurse grabbing
>the mother's breast and trying to force it into the baby's mouth--then
>everyone was upset when the baby cried and cried, with the mother crying
>along with them, and finally they called the social worker yet again
>(mom is 18) because the mother was too upset and stressed and maybe
>needed some "help." It's enough to make you want to scream along with
>the baby.
>
>I am just appalled at the lack of professionalism with the hospital and
>their claim to be trying to become "baby friendly" but their "protocols"
>being so very unfriendly.
>
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>
>Wow, that such a bad situation. I hope it can be ameliorated soon. There are
>some docs who really want to make this work for this family.
>Thanks again for your assistance in getting this dyad off to a good start.
>
>Gretchen
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