Rachel asked about what happens re uniting mothers and babies after Caesarean births. The majority of births where I work are Caesarean. After a quick peek at her infant, the baby is examined by a paediatrician and then brought to the nursery in an incubator by the paediatrician, a midwife and the father. Mother is taken to recovery for about half an hour then comes to the ward. She is still pain-free from the spinal anaesthetic. Baby is then taken immediately to mother for a breastfeed. Baby is usually dressed by this stage and wrapped in two warm towels. Given half a chance, I take the naked baby to the mother and let the skin-to-skin contact weave its magic. One or two of the other midwives are now leaving the babies undressed if they know I will be taking baby out. Small steps! I know of another hospital in Cape Town that places babies skin-to-skin in the operating room. Only one doctor supports this so far, but it's an exciting possibility .... Jean Ridler RN RM IBCLC South Africa *********************************************** 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