Hi Holly,

At the hospital where I work, c-section moms and babies are not separated.
The recovery nurse cares for both after mom and baby move from the OR to the
recovery room.  Babies are put skin2skin or to breast in recovery.
Sometimes I'm called to help with the first breastfeeding...depends on the
nurse... :-)  But often I'm not there and the recovery nurse gets
breastfeeding going and then updates me on how feeding went.  If mom is not
holding the baby or breastfeeding in recovery, dad or support person holds
the baby in the recovery room.  We don't separate moms and babies after
c-sections unless there's an emergent situation.

If they don't breastfeed in recovery, I'm alerted and then I go in to help
when mom is settled in her postpartum room....unfortunately, baby is often
totally zoned at that point and can't be roused to feed.  <sigh>  It's
hard.  C-section moms feel so crappy after surgery and it's hard to want to
breastfeed when you're groggy, nauseated and in pain.  Our recovery nurses
are awesome though, they rreally try hard to get babies latched on in
recovery.

Kathleen

Kathleen Salisbury, IBCLC, RLC
Auburn Regional Medical Center
Auburn, WA

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