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Re: Legal opinion neededFrom: kaycnm@aol.comFri Feb 24 08:48:57 2006
In the bad old days, women were given as much Morphine and Scope as would keep them quiet. Babies were often severly depressed at delivery and often needed a lot of stimulation to keep breathing. Without the immediate suction tubing that we have available now, I suspect that whacking and gravity cleared many babies airways. At Northside in Atlanta a few years ago, the delivery rooms were suddenly equipt with fancy baby whackers; soft rubber cups on a very flexible handle. Many babies were deemed sufficiently "mucousy" to need extensive whacking. The actual effect was quite benign, but the sound brought horrified looks to the parents who looked on. After a few years of that, the whackers disappeared. I'm not sure why. But the babies seem to be doing as well without them. Kay Johnson, CNM Duluth, GA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Life is too important to be taken seriously." Oscar Wilde ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: GA12L@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net> Sent: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:25:23 -0600 Subject: Re: Legal opinion needed In a message dated 24/02/2006 04:11:58 GMT Standard Time, divinegracie@earthlink.net writes: Has anybody actually ever held a baby up by its feet upside down and slapped its buttocks? Many years ago babies were slapped on their bottoms to stimulate them to breathe after they were born. Can't be done today as it is classed as assualt. Gail
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