tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372455326588887522.post7627413395232796414..comments2023-06-23T00:50:54.954-07:00Comments on Homebirth Happens: The sinking feeling in the pit of my stomachMary the Birth Goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03924592716491316554noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372455326588887522.post-92156027599616387112010-12-07T20:23:31.974-08:002010-12-07T20:23:31.974-08:00hi. i hope i'm commenting in the correct area....hi. i hope i'm commenting in the correct area. also, my last child is 23 yrs.old but i remember many much like it was yesterday. for example, the topic on breastfeeding. i breastfed her until she decided she had enough. yes she weaned herself actually at 18 mos. but i recall that at two wks.old the doctor had exclaimed that she's losing weight. ok. he told me to stop breastfeeding and put her on formula. are you kidding? i went to another doctor and he told me that in his country (India) women breastfeed until the baby is 3-5 yrs.old. he then said to get a pump, extract some milk, mix with a little rice cereal. i did. i also contacted a breastfeeding organization and was told how to hold her in a certain way to make her suck harder to get the heaviest part of the milk. i did that too. took her back to her original doctor. not only did she gain the weight she lost but gained additional weight too. i never told him i didn't put her on formula. let him think what he wanted to think. i advocate breastfeeding as much as possible.ettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857690465169029923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372455326588887522.post-77728710935889624002008-04-15T08:51:00.000-07:002008-04-15T08:51:00.000-07:00Yes, if you say that your OBs are not doing episio...Yes, if you say that your OBs are not doing episiotomies anymore- we DO work in very different places!!<BR/>I worked in L&D from 1998-2001, moved and did other women's services areas for 3 years overseas, then worked in L&D from 04-07, hence I "give" myself 5 years in OB total. I guess it's really more like 5 1/2 years. Since 07 I have worked as an LC in the same hospital where I had been L&D, so I know all the nurses and am definitely "in the loop" as far as birth practices, deliveries etc, so I am a "spy" still!<BR/>This is all stated on my blog header, by the way, I make it clear that I COULD NOT STAND to work in OB anymore and am no longer an OB nurse.Mary the Birth Goddesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924592716491316554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372455326588887522.post-2914956832785476552008-04-14T05:34:00.000-07:002008-04-14T05:34:00.000-07:00You and I work in very different places. I work in...You and I work in very different places. I work in New England. I noticed you said you worked in L&D as in past tense. What is your position now? Are you still doing L&D?pinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00198277802918823591noreply@blogger.com