Dear Friends:
 
Thank you Sandra for giving me the first communication from an  
anesthesiologist that was knowledgeable and respectful about breastfeeding. How  we need 
such practitioners!
 
In my part of the country, anesthesia has, in some hospitals, routinely  
taken one full class of a 6-class childbirth series since the middle  1990s. I 
hear amazement from hospital staff that take breastfeeding courses  I teach when 
we cover the connection between epidurals and breastfeeding; I  can't count 
the number of nurses that are astounded, because they believe what  the 
anesthesiologists are telling mothers "epidurals are totally safe for the  baby, none 
of the medicine gets to the baby." We cover the research by  Torvaldson and 
Matthiesson and Ransjo-Arvidson, and you could hear a pin drop in  class.
 
I have never in my hospital career encountered any anesthesiologist that  
didn't like labor and delivery; all these practitioners have been ready,  
willing, and eager to ply their trade.
 
warmly,
 
 
 
Nikki Lee RN,  MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI
craniosacral therapy practitioner
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