THANKS TO ALL for suppoting this family I'm off
armed with a proposed baby friendly plan for the family last visit the staff
wouldn't talk to except through the parents as I am not employed by the
hospital. jan
Dear All,
I am a midwifery student in South Australia but I
need some interstate advice. A friend of mine is planning to start a family and
is a little lost for information. As I believe a midwife is the best person to
help her, I am searching for any independent midwives in the Newcastle a
Thanks for the name, Dr Nils Bergman. It was really curious for me to
find the resistance from the SCN staff as it was the hospital midwives
who had been at the ABA conference and brought the video back that
inspired me to really pursue Kangaroo Mother Care with this little babe.
Thinking about
Dear Rhonda and all:
I don't think the gestational age for the development of sucking has changed
other than we are more aware of the age range at which it may occur. Some
perfectly normal preemies will not suck well until 35-36 weeks to term, yet
others will suck well from 32-33 weeks. I thin
When Katelyn was born at 27 weeks I was
informed that the sucking reflex begins to establish at 32 weeks
- lately I have heard lots of people say it is 35weeks.
Where is the evidence they are basing this
on - Katelyn breast fed from 33 weeks and came home a
The doctor is Dr Nils Bergman. He spoke at ABA's International Conference
in Brisbane last September. Fascinating stuff, and a truly inspirational
man.
Brenda Kittelty
- Original Message -
From: Sally Westbury
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: 'Sprague'
Sent: Saturday, Apri
A little
while back I saw a fantastic video from a South African doctor about Kangaroo
Mother Care. Now I know that this is not a new concept but really lets think
about this.
If the babe
is skin to skin 24 hours a day.. not most of the time.. then the baby is having
‘her’ temperature m
Jan, Alesa and others
As I have mentioned to Jan offlist, I am not a nurse, but have experience of bfeeding a prem baby. My baby was born at 34 weeks and went home at nearly 36 weeks being fully b/fed. This was done with the support of the staff at the unit, my being at the unit for over 12 hour
Dear Jan
I have some info which may help to fill in the big picture so that you and your
client can work through this problem.
Most SCN will give parents the info not to expect
to be able to take their babe home until his feeding reflexes are fully
developed, and that this may take up until
- Original Message -
From: "M A Craster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Stephen & Anne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 1:11 AM
Subject: Fw: Morals!
> Dear Anne
>
> My friend in Perth sent this to me, thought you would enjoy it.
>
> Love
>
> Eilidh
>
>
>
> > Very true
> > > S
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