Dear Friends,
I have been away for a while.  I always think about how much I'm missing
when I have to go nomail!  I had a lovely 3 week long vacation in Hawaii,
where my daughter gave birth to my grandson January 8th -two weeks late!!!
I am always amazed at how advanced we think we've become and in our
arrogance, make mothers worry over nothing.  My daughter consistently
measured small for dates (a fact I hadn't been aware of.  Obviously SHE
wasn't really worried) and delivered a perfectly normal 6lb 12oz baby boy 14
days after her due date.  So they worried about the baby's size.  Then they
worried that she was so overdue.  And when the baby was born (minimal
vernix, skin not dry and weighing 8 oz more than his mother, who was one
week overdue), they worried about his size again.  He was technically "SGA"
for a 42 weeker.  What they should have done is what a different doctor has
done with my younger daughter, move her due date back a couple of weeks!
Anyway, my grandson is here and nursing, though with problems.  He is 3
weeks old and gaining but my dd is dealing with yeast (after I asked the
midwife not to give her the abx just because she spiked a temp of 101
*once*, after 24 hours of not feeding her. Just don't even get me started!)
She gave it to her anyway.  We also have some suck issues, but he is
beautiful and because of him, I got to see most of Oahu and bask in the
warmth a week longer than planned.  Despite cytotec and an induction (gee, I
wonder why that baby just wasn't ready to come!) and an argument between the
doctor (who stepped in for several hours when the midwife got sick) and me,
who tried very hard to be pleasant, yet protective of my daughter's
experience, my dd labored with minimal Pit and NO pain medication!  I was so
proud of her and my sil, who couldn't have done a better job!  But why oh
why can't an LC's dd have a problem free breastfeeding experience?!  The
hardest part for me (besides coming back when the baby was a week old) was
that I needed all my tools there, but didn't have any with me.  I had some
names for resources, but when it came down to it and we needed help on the
holiday weekend, it was not to be found.  Very frustrating.  Thanks to Cathy
Genna, for her input and help.  His suck is an issue we are still dealing
with. Friends, when my dd looked up at me during a really painful
contraction and said, "mom, don't make me do this", I just wilted, but we
talked her through it anyway and she was glad we did.  It took all of us,
the midwife, her husband and myself.  All of us got her through it.  I'm not
sure she'd have made it without medication if any one of the three of us
were not there.  In my job as a labor and delivery nurse, I have assisted
many women through labor, but none drained me like this one.  Of course,
none exhilarated me as much either.  It was my gift to her.  One generation
to the next.  Now, that is how it should be.  Welcome to the world Christian
Anthony Tomasello!

Marsha, also now known as "Mimi", who has to remind herself when helping
mothers now that I can't kiss the baby!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Marsha Glass RN, BSN, IBCLC~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mothers have as powerful an influence over the welfare of future generations
as all other earthly causes combined.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~John S. C. Abbot~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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