Thanks for all the info. We just went to the midwives today and they use erythromycin, not siver nitrate. They were under the impression that the hospitals do not use silver nitrate. They are offering my daughter the option of eye treatment, Vitamin K (oral), and GBS testing - which is I think a strep germ that is found in culture in mothers, then rarely causing infection in newborns, but can be very serious if it infects. I had not heard of GBS. They say if a mother is in the hospital and tests positive with a culture prior to delivery, they will put her on IV antibiotics and may go right to a c-section! Her midwives are cool and believe that it is another case of fear mongering for profit, though the rare case can be deadly. But they say that there should be signs of infection - elevated blood counts, fever, etc.
Also metioned "Prophylaxis cannot prevent all possible eye infections such as herpes simplex virus, Group B streptococcus or hemophilus influenzae." So the question becomes; doesn't EIS Silver kill these pathogens? Would it be smart to use this instead of an antibiotic that "may" help, or a silver compound in an ointment form. Of course since she has a choice I would cousel nothing at all unless there is a reason (lab, or symptoms) to indicate something was needed. Thanks for the input, most helpful. I delivered my 3 children myself unassisted in a log cabin on an island in the WA State SanJuan Islands. Fearless, but fairly well informed. These details are long gone, but the peak experience has never been matched. They are all healthy, though the last one was a bit more intense. Maz Wendy <[email protected]> wrote: Clean Clean DocumentEmail MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} In our province silver nitrate or erythromycin ointments (ânewborn eyecareâ) is the only law (vaccines and vit K are not), however if you have a more âlayâ type midwife (not the new ones we refer to as âmedwivesâ) you can get still get around it. Although one woman was threatened by her so called midwife Wendy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: February 20, 2006 1:56 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Silver in newborn eyes My first child was given silver nitrate after birth which is caustic. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.
