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Carla D'Anna <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 5 Sep 2000 23:02:08 -0400
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Barbara Wilson-Clay wrote:
>>>>I am ethically
charged to discover why and come up with a plan to help feed the baby and
help the mother recover to the place where all interventions cease and she
and her baby feed normally (which is defined for the baby as feeding at the
breast and growing better
than reference i.e. formula, counterparts).

Barbara, I'm confused.  I get "discover why" and the "plan to help feed the
baby" and recover the mother (milk supply, intact body, emotions, ego - I
assume these are all included) but how can we  be ethically charged to do
the sometimes impossible?  Many times interventions must continue; sometimes
the system is partially broken and the best we can do is the best we can do.
I also don't like the phrase "growing better than reference i.e. formula,
counterparts".  I assume you mean growing BETTER, i.e., better brains,
better bonding, better immune system, normal weight gain but "growing
better" sounds so much like growing heavier and I know that isn't what you
mean.

Carla (in Maryland)

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