I have had a referral from a community midwife seeking advice. Second baby, well woman, normal pregnancy remained in primary care. Induction of labour with cervidil. labour established after 24 hours of mild backache. Waterbirth of baby girl after 1 hr 50 mins of active labour and short few pushes. Unexplained cord rupture discovered on trandfer from pool to bed at 3 mins. baby remained skin to skin for 10 more mins then transferred to SCBU. Mother visited at 30mins and re commenced skin 2 skin and first breast feed at 50 mins. Exclusive breast feeding since, dischrged at 48 hours. Good weight gain, output and interaction with parents and family. Haemaoglobin day 1 114, day 2 130, day 19 100. Paediatrician wishes parents to commence oral iron supplement now. Very motivated parents and grandmother who are concerned about interrupting baby's normal exclusive breastfeeding and the potential problem of introducing non breastmilk iron into the baby's gut. *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome