When I saw a snippet in a magazine talking about how doctors 'have now discovered' that being held is good for prematures babies it filled me with that familiar frustration and 'duhhh' feeling that I so often have in the wake of scientific findings.
We've known for a long time that skin to skin contact is necessary for establishing bonding and good feeding habits and so on. In Drogheda, when my sister in law had her section, the midwives even made my bil whip his shirt off and hold his son against his skin while he waited for momma to get sewn up. Progress!
But this story, ach. Weepy and stunning: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20100827/twl-mum-s-miracle-cuddle-brings-baby-bac-3fd0ae9.html
I really hope this doesn't upset anyone who's lost a baby - it's a happy story in itself, but might be hard to take.
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When my Lily was born there had been shoulder dystocia and a nuchal hand and it was a very difficult birth. She weighed over ten pounds and was not responding at birth. The midwife (this was a home birth) started resuscitation and in the middle of it, told my husband and me to call her by her name and to put our hands on her too so that she would know she was supposed to be here.
We did. She breathed, pinked up, screamed.
And what an amazing story that was you linked.
wow!!
This (and so much more) was a major reason I homebirthed. The thought of doctors whisking my baby away and sticking it in a box terrified me.
Yet another lesson to stop interfering with Mother Nature!
It's a beautiful story. Amazing.
Mary that's a good story to know. It all just shows how we need to change our thinking - I may have to rant about this later.
it's a miracle story, but I would have thought 2 hours without oxygen would lead to severe brain damage?
the midwives in drogheda are great, my husband was also holding our baby on his chest while i got some stitches. ...i still blame her being a daddy's girl on that half hour!
That is of course, a really good question.
I mean, has anyone ever been dead for two hours before? Maybe at that stage of life, all bets are off, I just don't know.
oh wow, this made me bawl and i'm not even a mommy.
you were sweet to add the warning too, i don't think a parent who lost a child at birth could handle hearing that.
hey, just wanted to thank you too for your sweet email, it made my day. i am just so bad lately at communicating back. i think i will later and there never is a later.
thinking of you.
oh me too, bethany. It's a tough one to keep up, don't worry. Lovely to see you!
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