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Nikki writes:
<<The mother
started out gallantly, willing to listen to his story, but it became too
much
for her. The baby never got to that point of the release "breaking" (like a
fever breaks) and I didn't see the point of continuing..............>>
Nikki, this story just breaks my heart. I just can't imagine what is going
on with this baby that he is responding in such a way....
What did you do after the 15 minutes? And now that it has been a couple of
days since you first posted, what is happening now? I want to hear the end
of the story, and I'm hoping against hope that it is a happy one....
Both you and Teresa have posted so eloquently on these emotional releases of
babies that I think it is terribly important for us to heed what you are
saying and pay attention to the babies in our care -- are we allowing for this
emotional release -- or, for that matter, how many of us even recognize it for
what it is -- spending our time trying to get the baby on the breast or
"shutting" the baby up. Nikki, have you written anything formal on this? A
handout for parents maybe? Something along the lines of my "Second Night"
handout?
I wonder if there isn't more to this than just a terrible and hard birth --
I think of Thomas Varney's book, "The Secret Life of the Unborn Child" and
wonder how much of what goes on with the mother prenatally is felt by the baby
and then perhaps expressed after birth.....
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC -- Wheaton IL
_Lactation Education Consultants_
(http://www.lactationeducationconsultants.com/)
_My Mother of the Bride Blog_ (http://www.motherofbridebyjan.blogspot.com/)
_Torrey's Wedding Webpage_
(http://weddings.theknot.com/pwp/view/co_main.aspx?coupleid=3216252686617334)
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