Hey Could you please call your friend and have her call me. :-) Joylyn [log in to unmask] wrote: > >In a message dated 12/28/2005 11:39:00 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > >I think that would be wonderful, and I'll ask the parents if they'd like >this, after they go home--but I think the parents would very much >agree. I just got off the phone with the dad, last night went better, >although there were the constant separation from the parents to do the >weight check, the ped evaluation, and the hearing screening. I guess >the baby screamed through the hearing test, and they finally called mom >in to nurse the baby through the test, even though it is against >protocol to have mom in that room. Mom got the baby latched on >immediately and the test was completed without problems. Uh, duh. Baby >is gaining weight now, and the nurses stayed away while the baby was >breastfeeding (at one point yesterday the baby was trying to latch on >and the nurse came in, took the baby away from the mother forcefully, >wrapped him up even though the mother was saying he likes to nurse skin >to skin, and then manhandled the mom's breast, with the nurse grabbing >the mother's breast and trying to force it into the baby's mouth--then >everyone was upset when the baby cried and cried, with the mother crying >along with them, and finally they called the social worker yet again >(mom is 18) because the mother was too upset and stressed and maybe >needed some "help." It's enough to make you want to scream along with >the baby. > >I am just appalled at the lack of professionalism with the hospital and >their claim to be trying to become "baby friendly" but their "protocols" >being so very unfriendly. > > > >Wow, that such a bad situation. I hope it can be ameliorated soon. There are >some docs who really want to make this work for this family. >Thanks again for your assistance in getting this dyad off to a good start. > >Gretchen > > *********************************************** > >To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail >To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) >To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet >All commands go to [log in to unmask] > >The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned >LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) >mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: >http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > > > > *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html