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Date: | Tue, 17 May 2005 08:45:39 -0400 |
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Hi, Nikki: The chances of confusion from conflicting opinions also go way
down because mom is no longer paying attention to the "opinion'giver". She
is totally focused on her baby. I have learned to say what I really want
the mom to hear BEFORE I give her her baby. Once her baby hits her chest,
she totally focuses on the baby and I may as well be invisible - which is a
good thing. If the father is present, he also tends to focus on the mom-
baby dyad.
Remember, also that breastfeeding is a hormone-driven process and those
hormones are activated and rise to appropriate levels only thru skin-to-
skin. I frequently tell parents that sex and childbirth, the 2 processes
that got them to the point of breastfeeding are also hormone-driven. And
that I very rarely run into an adult who objects to taking off their
clothing when a sexual encounter is being planned!
Pam Hirsch, RN,BSN,CLC
Clinical Lead, Lactation Services
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL USA
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