I'm late jumping in on this one.

Have you considered having one of their own do this lecture?  If well
entrenched, maybe one person at a time will work better.  If one nurse
becomes sold on s2s, then possibly another, then another, then another.
 Also, the decreased work load should be attractive to them.

Mary Wagner-Davis, MS, MFT, IBCLC, LLLL
Roseville, CA




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> Date:    Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:38:19 -0500
> From:    "Westra, Mary" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: education, breastfeeding lecture
>
> Thanks to Morgan and Barbara that have given suggestions on educating
> healthcare workers on breastfeeding, particularly on skin to skin. I too
> have 50 minutes to teach breastfeeding.  I need more tips!  I am working
> with a very resistant task orientated L&D department which does not see
> the importance of s2s or breastfeeding.  Their M.O. is to get mother
> delivered without hemorrhage and with a live born and transferred to the
> mother baby unit as fast as possible to make room for the next patient.
> The conveyor belt system that has been in place since the dawning of
> modern obstetrics in the USA.  What I am looking for is video footage of
> mothers delivering babies in US hospitals with all the machines that go
> beep, and babies that are put straight away s2s.  Unfortunately, the
> medical culture in my world is very ingrained and ethnocentric.  The
> Unicef video did nothing for them.  The only comments I got were, "where
> are their gloves?".  I am hopping to put together a montage of brief
> videos that show hospital births (the more medicalized the better) with
> baby put s2s after brief drying and ABC's assessed.  It would be great
> if any of them showed the baby s2s while nurse is doing footprints, id
> bracelets,vital signs and all those way more important things while the
> placenta is being delivered or the episiotomy (yep, still routine in
> these parts) is being stitched.  If anyone can direct me to youtube
> births or have any home grown deliveries to share, I'd be delighted. I
> have access to internet so if they are there I can bring them up without
> copyright issues.  Maybe if the staff see enough that other like
> institutions can do it, they may not be so resistant to change.  Sorry
> for the sarcasm and negativity, it is sometimes not all bad, but for the
> New Year I am desperately seeking solutions towards healthier birth and
> beyond.
>
> Mary Westra RN, IBCLC
>
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