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"J. Rachael Hamlet & Duncan L. Cooper" <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 3 Nov 1995 08:00:11 -0500
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Hi!  Me again.  There is now a USENET group for Jewish families:
soc.culture.jewish.parenting.  She should go there to look for 'net
friends.

Rachael

> I have been following the bris contributions with interest as a
> couple of years ago I heard Gene Cranston Anderson give a talk at
> Georgetown on gentle care of the newborn, and the need to prevent
> crying.  She was taking about the stress extreme crying puts on a
> baby's cardiovascular system and how it might cause blood to shunt
> through the incompletely closed foramen ovalae (the opening between the
> two atria of the heart used in foetal circulation), possibly interfering
> with the closure process. Apparently it closes by about day 7, but she
> quoted a study of young adult males which showed an amazing percentage
> who had incompletely closed foramen avalae.
>
> She was talking about these young adults as  babies who would have
> been separated from their mothers into nurseries, but it also made
> me wonder about the role of circumcism in the first few days of life. It
> also made me wonder why bris is performed at day 8 (after the foramen
> ovalae has closed?)  Is this yet another case of wisdom based traditional
> practice?
>
> While I've got the Jewish Lactnet audience attention -  I am
> currently in contact with a young breastfeeding mother who tells me
> that they are the only orthodox Jewish young family in Hobart.  This and
> total deafness contributes to isolation.  However, she is on the
> internet. She would love contact with other Jewish mothers of young
> families - particularly orthodox.  Please email me privately and I'll
> pass any messages and email addresses on to her.
>
> Ros Escott
> Tasmania, Australia

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