The latest issue of JOGNN (Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal
Nursing) was in the mailbox when I got home this evening.  Although I'm
seldom enthralled by it (sometimes a bit dry <G>), I read it straight through
dinner.  There are three articles that might be of interest to the readers of
this list.

One is a piece on intrathecal narcotics, not a study but an anecdotal report
of the experiences of women at one birthing center.  According to the
authors, there were no effects on the infants.  They cite three studies which
confirm this lack of impact. (Hmmm....  Nothing about how the babies
breastfed.)

The second is a case report of a 21 year old mother who breastfed conjoined
twins, both before and after they were separated at 2.5 months of age.  She,
her nurses, and her LC were quite inventive during the period before surgery.


The third is an article about the medicalization of childbirth in the US and
the ways in which women are stripped of control throughout pregnancy and
labor, their caregivers "nurturing to weakness, rather than strength."  The
author is a sociologist, not a nurse, which undoubtedly accounts for her very
different perspective.  Loved it.

Judy Dunlap, RNC, BA, IBCLC