I am reading The Politics of Breastfeeding at the moment, and there's a part about how premature babies in Columbia were give "kangaroo mother care" - placed between their mother's breasts 24 hours a day (p.59). According to the book the babies thrived using this method. My question is, if my baby was premature would I be able to attempt this here, or would doctors take over in the best interest of my child and have them in an incubator ?
I apologise for the naivety of this question, or if this is the wrong board to be asking it on- this is my 1st pregnancy; sometimes I feel myself floundering for lack of advice (apart from reading book after book)- hence so much time spent on MN in general
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"Kangaroo mother care" @ Politics of BFing
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brillopads · 01/04/2011 14:04
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