In a message dated 02/07/2002 5:34:39 PM Central Standard Time,
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> The above scenario is the BEST way to create breast aversion. The baby
> might move its mouth on the breast while in the hospital, yet this is not
> breastfeeding. When the breast becomes full and awkward to handle and the
> baby has a chance to express its feelings: then we have breast refusal.
>     And the situation is worsened if the baby has already been hurt by
> suctioning and/or vacuum and/or forceps and/or being pulled out by hands
> used
> as forceps.
>     This whole style of applying baby to the breast is completely
> disrespectful of the mother, the baby, and the process.
>
Thanks, Nikki, for putting this so well.  This has been my soapbox for as
long as I've been working with moms & babies (20+ yrs.)  The most recent
horror story??  Mother stated she had a "rough" delivery....infant received a
skull fracture from forceps delivery, bilateral bruising to the TMJ and eye
orbit of her face, a complete break in the left clavicle...and the doctor
told mom that this little gal wouldn't feel any pain!!!  It was three weeks
of skin-to-skin and gentle, slow-motion to get this gal to the breast, and
four weeks before she would open her mouth wide enough for a pain-free latch.
 Thankfully, mom is a PT and was more alert to her daughter's issues.


Kathy Parkes, RN, IBCLC
The Lactation Connection (TLC), Inc.
www.tlc4moms.com

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