As far as swaddling goes in a preemie baby the studies have shown in developmental care that swaddling reminds the baby of being in the uterus so whenever the baby moved it hit something as it's in a small space. Swaddling helps keep the baby calm. The best option without a doubt is for the parents to hold the baby. But when they are not there visiting or the baby is too sick to be held one of the biggest ways to decrease stress on the baby is to swaddle them. When swaddling once places there hands together and by there mouth so they can suck on their hands if they want and you also put the heels together skin-to-skin contact...as if the baby was in the fetal position in utero. This works very well within the first month of life. After that if families wish they may swaddle their baby when sleeping, but it is stressed to parents that when the baby is awake they need to unswaddle the baby so it can learn hand-eye coordination, which is very important in the development of a baby. Swaddling should be second place to a parent holding! As far as the comment earlier that organ donation is required to be mentioned when someone dies. Yes, that is correct but only in very specific cases. Deaths at home or outside a hospital will rarely if ever qualify. Inside the hospital one must meet strict criteria. Otherwise it is never mentioned when the criteria are not able to be met. With this criteria there is only a small to moderate percentage of cases that qualify and even fewer families who choose to allow organ donation. In regards to cessation of breastmilk on a fetal demise it would be wonderful if mentioned to all mothers they could express if they wanted too. But I believe the success of this program would be in the manner it was presented to the family. This is very strongly the case as to whether families of the deceased will consent for organ donation. This information has been based on my experience working in the Neonatal ICU, Pediatric ICU, & Children's E.R. for the past 8 years. Denise, R.N., IBCLC *********************************************** 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