Dear  Anne:

Hope you had a great time in Europe.  About 10 years ago, the hospital
sytem that I worked in at the time, established a policy of re-admitting
babies with their moms when moms came back for surgical sterilization.

The moms brought milk for the babies for the time period they were actually
having the procedure done and then the baby went to the mother.

At the time, we discussed the issue with the head of pediatrics and finally
he admitted that there was really no reason why mother and baby couldn't be
together whatever the circumstance of the mother.

I don't know if this helps, but if you have powerful people who want to
change the policy, why not try changing it for at least a trial period and
evaluate what happens.

Judy





At 06:16 PM 9/19/98 -0400, you wrote:
From:         Anne and Mike <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      baby readmissions
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 Mom and baby return as a unit.
>We currently have a fully BF mom 10 days postpartum readmitted, no dad, no
way friend who is looking after baby can get in with baby...I have powerful
people
>interested in changing the policy.
>Anne Merewood

"La Lactancia Materna: Educación para la Vida " Semana Mundial de Lactancia
Materna, 1999

Judy Canahuati, MPhil, IBCLC
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San Pedro Sula, Honduras
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