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Tue, 16 May 2006 10:42:39 EDT
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In a message dated 5/16/2006 10:26:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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Considering what I have seen happen in early
postpartum breasts with  vacuum use, and it being like a vacuum cleaner in
attracting into the  vacuum any fluid or flesh that will move, I shudder to
think what the  vacuum might be doing to the Circle of Willis, the spinal
fluid inside the  dura, etc. of the baby's head, let alone the circulation
and interstitial  fluid of the scalp itself!


Dear Friends:
    Yes, a vacuum is a very serious thing to use on a  newborn, whose head is 
basically like a plastic bag full of jello with  some pieces of cardboard 
stuck to the plastic bag; this analogy refers to  the skull bones (plates of 
cardboard), the meninges (plastic bag) and jello  (brain). 
    Injured babies don't want to nurse. And if they are  injured enough, they 
can't nurse. Depending on the injury, they can't feel their  tongue or move 
it, or use their mouths symmetrically, or open their jaws.
    Then if separation from the mother is added to the  mix, and perhaps some 
deep suctioning or bottle feeding or circumcision in the  delivery room (that 
I am encountering more frequently).............how in the  world can we 
expect these babies to breastfeed?
    warmly,

 
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, RLC, CCE
craniosacral  therapy practitioner
Faculty, Lactation Division Maternal-Infant Program,  Union Institute
Film Reviews Editor,  JHL
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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