Sue
Many of us understand your frustrations!!
we hope you Hang In there
I feel sure you are offereing view and opening windows for many around you
Denise Hynd
"Let us support one another, not just in philosophy but in action, for the
sake of freedom for all women to choose exactly how and by whom, if by
anyone, our bodies will be handled."
- Linda Hes
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Cookson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 6:07 AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] gastric washes
Hi again and thanks to Robyn and Marilyn for your replies so far,
I fully agree that gastric washes are not warranted, but having been
faced with babies who receive no breastmilk at all when the mothers
choose to artificially feed, I wonder at their different mechanism of
clearing a gut full of mucous/blood/mec.
Colostrum kick starts all sorts of mechanisms - from mechanical to
hormonal etc etc. Really surprises me that there is no formula substitute
for colostrum to start these A/F babies off with. That's not to say that
all the babies who received gastric washes were a/f, they weren't.
Also Marilyn if you talk of babies who are born rapidly, then I guess
every c/section baby would fit this category...
The mechanised birthing and protocols and the way most midwives just
follows things and don't query them really amazes me.
One amazed and frustrated student,
Sue
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