From what I've seen among my family and friends with this sad 
experience, plus a bit of academic research, I'd say that emotional 
attachment to the new baby is most at risk. Thus, encouraging 
skin-to-skin and other behaviors which encourage attachment would be 
very important.

Tina

Tina Kimmel, PhD, MSW, MPH
Oakland, CA

At 11:49 AM -0400 06,17,2010, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>I received a call the other day from a mom who was registering for my 
>prenatal breastfeeding class who told me she lost her first child 
>who only lived
>  one day.  She also asked to bring her friend who also lost her first baby,
>  also on that first day.  They will likely be the only parents (Dads 
>hopefully attending, too) in class.  I have some thoughts on how to address 
>these poor mothers' losses and how the likelihood of higher anxiety regarding 
>their second babies could impact their breastfeeding (I imagine they will be 
>very vulnerable to interventions re feeding should babies not nurse well,
>be  jaundiced, etc).  I just thought getting input from others will help me
>not  to overlook anything that especially applies to these moms.  Thanks you
>in  advance.
>
>Barbara Latterner, BSN, RN, IBCLC
>Brewster, NY

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