Jennifer:  With regard to a mother taking responsibility for her own health
care...Unfortunately, many OB practices actively market the "don't worry,
honey, we'll take complete care of you" mentality.  This is particularly
true of the practices at my hospital.  Women are told even prenatally
(since many of our couples have fertility issues, the mind set can start
well prenatally) that all they have to do is lay there and they will
be "pampered".  There is definitely a "ME" thing going on here.  The night
nurses are driven crazy by mothers who don't want to room in because
they "need" their sleep.  Of course, these are the same mothers who the
next morning are filling my ears with "my baby won't nurse".  No one sems
to get the simple concept that a mom and baby is all it takes to nurse.  It
scares me to think that women can be so complacent about giving total
control of their bodies and lives (baby's too!) over to another person.  If
anyone has any suggestions on how to approach this problem, I am more than
happy to listen.

Pam Hirsch, RN,BSN,CLC
Clinical Lead, Lactation Services
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL  USA

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