Dear Friends:

Christine's post about a nurse feeling that s2s was alright once the 
infant was stable reminds me of a situation I encountered in my work as 
a hospital LC.

The baby was small (not SGA) and there were concerns about her ability 
to keep her temperature in normal range. I had to negotiate with the 
nurse to have the baby in s2s contact with her mother. The mother was 
delighted with her baby so close; baby didn't latch, just snuggled in 
and slept deeply. After the time period we had agreed on, the nurse 
came to take the baby back to the safety of the nursery. She plucked 
the nude baby (clad only in a diaper) off the mother's chest; the baby 
started screaming and wailing. The nurse wafted the baby through the 
air to the plastic isolette and proceeded to dress the screaming baby 
in room temperature clothes. I offered to go to the nursery to get the 
thermometer and bring it to the room; the nurse refused to consider 
that option, and wheeled the screaming baby down the hall to the 
nursery only to come back in 5 minutes to say triumphantly (my 
interpretation), "I told you s2s couldn't keep a baby warm, this baby's 
temperature was low."

There was no way in hell that the nurse would consider that anything 
she did caused this baby's temperature to drop.

I think an LC icon for our badges should be a head-banging one.

warmly,
Nikki Lee

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