On Friday, December 05, 2003 9:56 AM Marilyn
wrote:
I would just like to say we try to have the
babies in recovery with the mum, unfortunately it does depend on staffing
(the recovery nurses are not midwives), but we do know it is optimal and
really try for it to happen.
Was wondering.... if the ideal scenario of
mother/babe contact after sugery can't be guaranteed then perhaps where
possible (I guess I'm talking elective c.section here) mum could be
encouraged to sleep with a bunny rug for a night and then have babe swaddled
in it for comfort.
Is this being done already?
Probably a weird idea, but I would love to
have had that opportunity when I had Nathaniel whisked away from
me.
Like
others, I felt so sorry for that little babe on the Today Show. A very
sterile and cold welcome to the world.
Sonia W.
