Becky, I also feel this topic deserves a lot more study. It is truly sad that interventions are performed for no reason, although in the case of meconium, there is cause to suction. I feel as though babies and mothers and others in hospital settings are often guinea pigs for folks who are learning. I was once one, so I know. I used to work pediatrics....would have to hold for IVs for infants....residents would try and try and try..sometimes for hours. I finally would put my size 10 down and say "OK buddy, that's enough. Get someone else in here who wants to try. You're done."....................so much for patient rights. Kathleen >I truely feel that this is an interesting topic that needs further in >vestigation. Especially since some hospitals in their attempt to be >through do gastric lavage on ALL babies born in their hospital. >I will be sitting at the computer waiting to hear more about this since >this is something childbirth educator and a La Leche League should be >concerned about. > >Becky > >-- >Becky Hanson, BA, LLLI, AAHCC, ICEA & MOM X 2 > ********************************************************************* Kathleen B. Bruce RN, BSN, IBCLC (email = [log in to unmask]) "All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident." Schoepenhouer **********************************************************************