I was fortunate to have physician assisted home births, while living in
Chicago. One thing that really impressed me about this practice was that the
physician would not leave the house (or hospital, if that was where you
chose to give birth) before the baby latched and was feeding well.

One thing that they were concerned with was that a naturally born baby who
would not/could not latch was likely to have underlying problems. I seem to
remember them talking about heart defects being a suspicion with a
non-latching baby.

They had a select population of low-risk mamas who breastfed, and they kept
birth low-risk by immediately placing the baby on the mom's chest, delaying
cord clamping and feeding the mother during and after labor.

I just thought, and still do think, that using the baby's ability to
breastfeed as a baromoter of the baby's well-being was an interesting part
of caring for the baby.

Best wishes from sunny Ohio,
Heather "Sam" Doak



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