Category Archives: Newborn care

Good news on pulsing umbilical cords

Posted on December 11, 2009 by gloria

I’m a little afraid to even mention this in case it disappears. Shhhhhh. . . don’t tell anyone but there’s a doctor talking about leaving the baby’s precious backup oxygen supply (the umbilical cord) alone to do its physiological job.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Intact umbilical cord, Newborn care | 9 Comments

Skin to skin, above all else

Posted on November 29, 2009 by gloria

I’m sharing below an e-mail conversation with a Midwife/Lactation Consultant from Israel. Gloria From: Leslie Wolff, Israel Subject: Lactation Consultants in the labor & delivery room I was a midwife in the labor/delivery ward for 14 years – and am … Continue reading →

Posted in Breastfeeding, Newborn care, Postpartum care | 2 Comments

INCUBATOR 1909

Posted on November 27, 2009 by gloria

http://www.neonatology.org

Posted in Newborn care, Public Health | 8 Comments

Herpes Simplex in Pregnancy

Posted on November 12, 2009 by gloria

Only about 1 in 5,500 babies gets neonatal herpes, even though the virus is widespread in the adult population. Neonatal herpes is not a reportable disease in most countries, so there are no hard statistics about the exact number of … Continue reading →

Posted in Holistic midwifery & doula education, Newborn care | 3 Comments

College of Physicians & Surgeons of B.C. statement on Intact Boys

Posted on November 4, 2009 by gloria

Here’s the new url for the College of Physicians & Surgeons of B.C. policy statement on male genital mutilation. https://www.cpsbc.ca/files/u6/Circumcision-Infant-Male.pdf They’ve changed their website and I found it awkward to locate the document now. It’s a strongly worded statement against … Continue reading →

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BIG BABIES CAN MEAN BIG DANGER

Posted on September 25, 2009 by gloria

It seems like the baby from Indonesia who weighed 19.2 lbs at birth has become world famous.  The press needs some feel good items once in a while to lighten all the bad news.  For people who work in obstetrics, however, … Continue reading →

Posted in Newborn care | 13 Comments

Just a Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Amputation Go Down

Posted on September 17, 2009 by gloria

This was sent to me by a nurse friend.  It’s off an online email list for nurses. Gloria Lemay, Vancouver BC   <   Another set of sucrose questions:   1)     What is the strength of the sucrose you are … Continue reading →

Posted in Hospital birth, Intactivism, Newborn care | 2 Comments

Circumcision–The American Conversation is Changing

Posted on September 10, 2009 by gloria

For some reason, Washington, D.C. has one of the highest rates of circumcision of newborn males in North America.   Danelle Frisbie, a birth worker in Washington, D.C. started this conversation on her Facebook page:   Danelle Frisbie loves hearing from … Continue reading →

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Circumcision–you wouldn’t (couldn’t) do it to a dog

Posted on September 5, 2009 by gloria

      It’s amazing what I’ve learned from being involved with the Genital Integrity movement.  An intactivist asked his veterinarian “What would you say if I asked you to circumcise my dog?”  His vet pondered this for a few minutes and … Continue reading →

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Opthalmia Neonatorum

Posted on September 4, 2009 by gloria

Oh dear!  The Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. has issued a bulletin saying that there is a shortage of the small erythromicin tubes for newborn babies. (see below)  Hospitals are wondering how to break up larger tubes into small doses for … Continue reading →

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