Re: Breech Trail and Grace's baby burrito's
From: Jamie (ajfields@pine-net.com)
Wed Jan 25 10:16:02 2006
Have you ever had a nurse take a baby off a warm mother and put it in a
cold warmer? Sometimes we get so attached to our rituals that we don't
think
At Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Anna Meenan, MD wrote:
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>At our hospital, they not only cram the ball up the baby's nose, they
>DeLee suction ALL the c-section babies, and lately they've taken to
>doing chest PT at the drop of a hat (or the slightest gurgle, grunt, or
>bubble). Chest PT involves this rubber cup-like thing with a handle on
>it and they basically beat the baby on the back and chest with it. Some
>nurses really beat them hard. I make enemies by telling them not to do
>it. They also get panicked if the baby comes too quickly, before the
>baby warmer has reached the proper temperature. I get dirty looks when
>I point out that babies have been born into ambient room temperature
>(often less than 72 degrees) for centuries and have mostly survived. The
>Dionne quintuplets were born prematurely at home in Canada (though it
>was in May) and survived, without an electronic baby warmer.
>
>--
>Anna Meenan, MD
>
>At Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Grace Loehr wrote:
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>>-- You mean the plastic ball thingies that attach themselves to baby
>>mouths don't exist in the UK? They just like to attack American
>>babies? :) Maybe American babies are more orally fixated than UK ones?
>>
>>Grace
>>nurse, &c.
>>
>>in a message dated 24/01/2006 01:36:58 GMT Standard Time,
>>divinegracie@earthlink.net writes:
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>> >>Why, wrapped up like a baby burrito in those white flannel receiving
>> >>blankets with pink and blue striped borders -- it is a law that every
>> >>OB unit in America must use those blankets. :)
>>
>> >Aww, and don't they look cute. I love the description, Grace, a baby
>> >burrito! How sweet or should that be 'how savoury'? BTW is that
>>before or after
>> >they are attacked with those funny looking ball things they get
>>shoved in their
>> >mouths after birth?
>>
>>Gail
>
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JFields, RN, BSN
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