Dear Stephanie, As a mother who had an emergency c/s at 27weeks for Severe Pre Eclampsia - I was back in the labour ward after delivery of my baby and as soon as I was clear in my head I wanted to see her - I became angry and agitated and no matter how much the nurses told me that I might FIT and I had to rest and that while I was still needing the magnesium sulfate and the morphine drip, I had to stay in bed. - I was really upset and really stressed by this - after 36hrs I was ready to rip the drip out and go to my baby (Well, I wouldn't have got far but the thoughts were there.) I remember yelling at the nurse and almost throwing the kidney dish of ice at her (I had a dish full of ice to cool my arm from the magnesium drip which had been in for about 5 days). "Get me out of here, I want to see my baby!" I was so frustrated. I got really angry.
Finally, they pulled out the catheter, pulled out the drainage tube, washed me and put me into a wheelchair and took me to see her. (This was all in less than half an hour) This was the most exciting, exhausting and physically stressful experience, it took all my energy to cope with it. I basically looked at her tiny body and said - "OK - take me back to bed now." Even though I knew that Katelyn was ventilated and in NICU I still wanted to be with her regardless of how sick I was myself. I had this powerful need to see her. If she had not been so prem and I had been able to hold her I would have wanted to regardless of how exhausting it was. I think that separation after birth is extremely stressful no matter how sick the mother is she still has a need to have her baby close to her. If this is at all possible then it should be done. She may need extra help but to have her baby close to her would be so comforting. Just my thoughts. Rhonda :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "stephanie bethel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 3:30 PM Subject: Breastfeeding during severe pih. > Recently we had a lady that required a magnesium suphate infusion post birth > for svere PIH. While her BP stabilised, her reflexes were quite brisk but > her observations stable. She was admitted to our high dependency unit under > the care of a midwife. Fornutely we were able to have the father and baby > close by,and breastfeeding was established early, infact the baby was fully > breast fed from birth and escaped any complimentary feeds. We were > berated(by nursing admin.) for having the baby with the mother during this > time, stating that this will overstimulate the mother worsening her > condition.We put forward our point of view that it would have been more > stressful for the mother to have seperated her from her baby. I would be > interested in what your veiws are in this situation. > 'Steph' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. > -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
