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Date: | Sat, 5 Aug 2006 10:54:03 -0400 |
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Nikki, you are so right about this. Also with labor and delivery
being as medically managed as they are currently, in many cases skin-
to-skin is not going to get the baby fed as well as it should and in
as timely a manner (but of course it's the best way to get things
started in the right direction). I'm sure we all see mother-baby
dyads who take a week or two to get nursing even started, despite
doing plenty of skin-to-skin and offering the breast. The baby may
be near-term, unable to coordinate himself enough to attach and
transfer milk effectively, and the mother's breasts might be too
edematous to have a normal course of milk production and ejection.
Overcoming all of those things takes time, and I can appreciate why
nurses might not feel they have the time, and not trust that skin-to-
skin is going to immediately result in a feeding they can document as
successful. Sometimes I feel that there are so many obstacles in the
way in our current perinatal system, it is amazing that breastfeeding
works right off the bat for anyone!
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Lynnette Hafken, MA, IBCLC
Board Certified Lactation Consultant
Nurslings Lactation Services
http://www.nurslings.com
240-888-2123
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