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Jo-Anne and Carlos Elder-Gomes <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 3 Feb 2002 20:44:42 -0400
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I just wanted to add that besides Pugh's initials (LC) this abstract
proves that whatever Pugh says about tea bags is worth reading:


> Positioning intervention to minimize fatigue in
>                        breastfeeding women.
>
>                        Milligan RA, Flenniken PM, Pugh LC.
>
>                        School of Nursing, Georgetown University,
> Washington, DC 20001,
>                        USA.
>
>                        Nursing interventions to enhance breastfeeding
> affect the health of mothers
>                        and babies. Fatigue may interfere with
> breastfeeding, so interventions
>                        minimizing fatigue are important. This repeated
> measures study of 20
>                        postpartum women investigated the relative
> efficacy of one intervention,
>                        promoting use of the side-lying position. Using
> the Modified Fatigue
>                        Symptoms Checklist, fatigue was measured after
> breastfeeding in two
>                        positions. In mothers who had vaginal
> deliveries (n = 14), significantly less
>                        fatigue was reported following nursing in the
> side-lying versus the sitting
>                        position. Instruction regarding restfulness of
> the side-lying position should
>                        be considered as part of routine postpartum or
> home health nursing care.
>
For those of us who need evidence to support the experience, there it
is. Perhaps it will also help LCs in hospitals in which co-sleeping is
not part of routine postpartum care. Once side-lying is accepted, the
results will be obvious... zzzzz.
Jo-Anne, definitely going to bed now!

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