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> When I have days at the hospital where it seems too many moms are
> starting
> out on shields, I remind myself that I am not seeing normal newborn
> babies and
> mothers. I am seeing babies and moms affected by drugs, separation,
> their
> culture, and stress from the way we do birth here in the USA. These
> full-term
> babies, many times, are sucking just like premature babies. Their suck
> is
> weak and disorganized and the sucking bursts are too brief to get enough
> milk.
"full term"?? That in itself would be a miracle. So, so many of our babies
are "near term" inductions at 38 weeks. And I agree, getting those babies to
actually nurse more than a couple of times in the first 24 hours is an
achievement. If all else fails and a nipple shield helps, I'll use it. I am
also trying to get more and more moms to hand express and spoon feed those
precious drops of colostrum if their baby doesn't latch---an intervention
that was rarely needed even a few years ago before inductions became so
routine.
sigh..........
Kirsten RN IBCLC
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