Dear Friends:
    Great work Pam, in supporting the nurse and in  delaying a circumcision.
    At one hospital where I work, the OBs are back to  doing circumcisions in 
the delivery room again. Those poor boy babies: induced,  cut out of their 
mothers (sometimes with a vacuum assist as well), and then  injured again. And 
folks expect them to act normally and breastfeed?
    The circumcisions for religous reasons are on the  8th day of life, which 
is lovely because then the baby's clotting factors are in  full effect, and 
the mother and baby have had time to develop a strong  breastfeeding 
relationship.
    warmly,
 
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Lactation Consultant,  Philadephia Department of Public Health
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty, Union  Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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