Pam,
We were lucky enough to hear Barbara Morrison (don't know all her
initials) who teaches at Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve
University in Cleveland at our recent LC networking meeting.  She is
working on several studies that were given to her by Gene Cranston
Anderson who has done much research on KC.  Anyway, one study that is not
finished yet put babies on moms' chest immediately after birth (full
termers, vag birth) and they warmed up faster than babies put under the
warmers AND their peripheral circulation was good in less than 45
minutes!  There are so many things that KC affects.  

The other study that is done, but not all the facets pulled out yet,
concerned why mothers have such a hard time getting breastfeeding started
well during their hospital stay.  It's because of all the interruptions
during the day!!  Graduate students sat in the hall outside the hospital
room in a large metropolitan teaching hospital, a smaller suburban
hospital, and another hospital that I can't remember the type.  The
mothers AVERAGED 52 interruptions during the 8 am-8 pm time period and
the interruptions averaged 16 minutes each!  No wonder moms can't get BF
going and babies who need some 2 hr periods of sleep time can't do that
either.  She also said that in one of the hospitals the # of
interruptions during the 12 hr was 100!!  Changes need to be made to
hospital routines so mothers and babies have some UNinterrupted time
together!  An interruption was counted as anyone entering the room--dad,
nurse, housekeeping, etc.  She wants to do the same kind of study for the
8 pm-8 am time period.  Wonder what that would show?

Warmly,
Pat Bucknell IBCLC, RLC
private practice
Avon Lake OH

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