On 8/12/01 10:44 AM, "Grant and Louise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Oh I see this happen regularly, consent is given - but not INFORMED consent. > " Your baby NEEDS a bottle/comp/some food because s/he's > hungry/dry/jaundiced/big/little/sleepy/crying/prem/overdue/urates in the > nappy (or you've laboured/had a caesar/had diabetes/were overdue/had lots of > visitors) " No discussion of alternatives or possible outcomes of the > "little bottle". > In the mothers eyes it's okay because WE ( who are classed as the medical) > say so. > Louise > The cure for all things is salt water - > Sweat, tears, or the sea. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. > Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe. This shameful situation would cease to occur if midwives educated women during their pregnancy about their baby's nutritional needs over the first few days of life and help them plan their first interactions with their baby. Isn't anyone making Birth Plans with women? Birth Plans are the greatest insurance to getting informed consent to anything but they also give the women confidence to ask appropriate questions/ and/ or politely refuse offers not just during labour and birth but with situations such as inappropriate formula for their baby.... In fact Birth Plans are the greatest asset any midwife or mother could have .... WHO USES THEM???? -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
