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Date: | Tue, 9 Sep 2008 21:37:17 -0400 |
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Dear all:
Rachel's posting about the midwife on a mission or the "pitbull with a smile" capped a
unique day.
From here in Manhattan --- today is a first since 1999 when I started my training in
lactation. I calculated out that I have seen well over 2500 mother infant pairs. In all this
time, I have never experienced this. I saw two women on a home visit on the same day
that not only had ONLY given breast milk, but also and ONLY fed from the breast. This
has NEVER happened before.
I attribute this to the childbirth educators and the doulas that assisted these two women.
Both had conditions that could easily in other hands, ended up as high intervention births
and in Manhattan --- would usually have ended up as surgical deliveries. One woman
knew enough from her childbirth education class to seek out the ONLY obstetrician who
was willing to try a vaginal delivery. The condition reversed itself just before delivery
and she ended up with minimal interventions. The other woman was constantly being
pressured to have interventions during delivery and her doula did a marvelous job of
helping her visualize which enabled her to avoid the interventions entirely.
What a joy to stand back and watch what these women were doing and make minor
adjustments to enable them to be more comfortable. One baby does need an evaluation
for a tight frenulum --- but mom was able to do a great job of compensating.
Would that all woman have such attentive care. This has truly been a joyful day for me.
Best regards, Susan Burger
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