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Woman becomes quadruple amputee after giving birth in the hospital…

http://www.wftv.com/news/6253589/detail.html

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Co-sleeping

Here’s a question: If co-sleeping has been proven to facilitate breastfeeding and breastfeeding has been proven to prevent SIDS, then doesn’t co-sleeping help prevent SIDS too? I’m no math wizard, but isn’t this a simple algebra problem? If b (co-sleeping) =a (breastfeeding) and a (breastfeeding) = c (SIDS prevention) then doesn’t b=c too?

Like I said, I’m no math genius, but it seems like a simple answer to me.

I have co-slept with two babies/children and have found the benefits to be enormous. Not only did I get more sleep with them right next to me, not having to get up every 2 hours to nurse, but it also helped to heighten my senses and motherly instincts. For example, once when my daughter was about 4 months old, half asleep I reached down and caught her as she rolled off the bed – right before she hit the ground. I pulled her back up close to me (she was still sleeping) and went back to sleep.
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