Billie:

So what is their suggestion for a first "baby step" toward BFing in the
first hour after C/S?
I hear this phrase, too, along with my other least favorite: "that's a
challenge".

However, we have had a nursery RN take a baby out to mom (OTM) while in
recovery when 1) mom had been firm in her choice to BF-only, and 2) she had
attentive family who could help her position baby at breast.

But for the most part, when I survey charts for BFing Stats, when I see no
feed in L&D and 1-2 formula feeds in Transition Nursery, I can 99.9%
guarantee it's a c/s baby, and the mom who came in wanting BF-only, somehow
changed to "B&B".

Personal opinion: "baby steps" is an excuse to maintain the status quo.

Phyllis


> I'd like to know how it is done and ways staffing requirements are met in
> the recovery room.  Currently, babies go to the nursery for care while the
> mother goes to recovery.  We have tried getting the nurses to bring the
> baby back to recovery within the first hour for breastfeeding, but have
> been minimally successful.

> Personally, I think mother-baby nursing would resolve these issues, but
I'm
> told "baby steps."  So, we continue to try and give better care within our
> old framework.  I think it would be easier to make the big change than to
> try and solve problems we create by not keeping mothers and babies
together
> in the first place.


--- Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC, RLC
--- Glendale, AZ, USA
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