Hello There was an encounter with an OB this weekend. Now I have to provide evidence-based information confirming the deep sleep state many newborns go into following circumcisions. I am having difficulty finding citations regarding the correlation of circumcisions and deep sleep states. (Have already looked in the archives) This request was prompted when a nurse suggested waiting one more day before doing a circ on a < 24 hr old male vacuum extraction baby, who was already showing some feeding difficulties. Night shift had already insisted the baby have formula and a total of 3 oz was given (probably forced). The nurse had hoped to give this baby a few more hours to recover from his difficult birth and to have more time to get breastfeeding established. The obstetrician disagreed when she was told about the deep sleep patterns newborns go into after circs. The OB stated something like, 'Well, he will wake up for the circ!' If you have any evidence based information to document deep sleep following circs I would appreciate it. Thanks, Brenda Rockers, RN, IBCLC Conyers, GA [log in to unmask] *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html