Mind you often a Guthrie is the only jab or other pain a homebirth baby is
given in the first week to longer!!??
Denise
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From: "Jodie Hopkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ozmidwifery List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 9:56 PM
Subject: guthries at the breast.
> I have seen a baby bawk at breast feeding after repeatedly being stabbed
> whilst feeding over the first few days..... ie, vit k , hep B, NNST and
> Billi.....I didnt blame the poor tike, after his mum would put him to the
> breast before the injection, following instructions by a well meaning
> midwife, that this was the easiest way to do it.Obviously the baby got the
> idea that breast feeding is painful ..... since then, I have stopped doing
> any interventions whilst a baby is feeding, so as to promote that time as
> pleasurable to both mother and baby. I dont know whether a babe could
> aspirate, but i guess anything's possible.
>
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