Dear Pam:
Wonderful ideas! I am also a Childbirth Educator and have the best
opportunities
to present these views during pregnancy - showing many of the other benefits
to both
parents and baby as well as the obvious benefits to successful breastfeeding
initiation.
Would you like to share your skin to skin handout? Some time ago I used one
by La
Leche League which presented their concept of nursing 'Early and Often' and
which
offered excellent references and advantages...but it is very outdated
(though still appropriate).
Warmly,
Sharon Mattes, IBCLC, RLC, LLLL, AAHCC
Helping Breastfeeding Mothers since 1973
Natural Beginnings...the informed parent's resource
(972) 495-2805 - www.naturalbeginningsonline.com
"Breastfeeding is the biological norm for infants, providing a support
system
that provides food, connection, and protection from illness to the nursing
baby."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pam Hirsch, RN, BSN, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 8:30 AM
Subject: Skin to Skin Care Immediately after Birth
We were discussing yesterday at our monthly unit meeting ways to increase
immediate sts care after delivery. The L&D nurses were saying that "
most"
moms did not want to do it. We explored how this concept was being
presented to the parents and learned there were some ways we could change
verbiage and practice on the staff's part. Our director suggested that t
he
LC go in while the mom was in early labor and introduce the concept of st
s
and encourage the mom to accept the baby onto her bare chest immediately
after delivery. This might work, as we do very few "unscheduled" births
in
our institution. My thinking is that I would make rounds in L&D dail
y on
the moms who were there for an induction and talk briefly with them about
the importance of sts care for successful initiation of breastfeeding. W
e
give every mom a short tri-fold pamphlet on sts care that I wrote several
years ago as part of their admission packet to the PP unit and I was
thinking of handing her this pamphlet at my first contact with her with t
he
hope that she (and her partner) would spend a few moments reading this.
Is anyone else doing this or something similar in their L&D unit? Ha
ve you
found it successful? Have you encountered any problems?
Thanks for your input.
Pam Hirsch, BSN,RN,IBCLC
Clinical Lead, Lactation Services
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL USA
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