Sad article in USA today

melszum · May 2014

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Nursing newborn dies after mom fell asleep

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/28/nursing-newborn-dies-after-mom-falls-asleep/9696587/

Liss1481 · May 2014

That's so awful; I can't imagine. I used to fall asleep nursing DS in bed all thet

Kay1029 · May 2014

My aunt is a post pardum nurse in a hospital and she actually said this happens a lot. She's been in her current unit for about a year and said she's personally had 5 cases of this happening (or baby falling asleep and parent too and rolling over on them.) it's so scary.

toomanycats1 · May 2014

How sad!

After I had my DS, the nurses watched like a hawk to make sure we didn't fall asleep holding him. This was 3 hrs after having the baby, and I'm sure she was absolutely exhausted, and not in a "normal" state of sleep.

Emerald27 · May 2014

This is so incredibly heartbreaking.

There aren't any details available yet. Could have been anything; an unknown neurological problem or breathing problem, accidental smothering, or some other issue. So so sad, and I hope that they find that this was 100% not the mother's fault. How difficult it would be to cope either way, but that is a particular nightmare I would never wish upon anyone.

...I do find it a bit unnecessary to 1. publish an article with so very few details, and 2. Include the details (and in the title) that mom was breastfeeding and fell asleep, and that she had a home birth. Either of those things could or could not be related, and mentioning them the way the article did could cause concern or blame where there isn't any place for it yet. Just my $0.02.

fireflyrebirth · May 2014

Emerald27 said:

This is so incredibly heartbreaking. There aren't any details available yet. Could have been anything; an unknown neurological problem or breathing problem, accidental smothering, or some other issue. So so sad, and I hope that they find that this was 100% not the mother's fault. How difficult it would be to cope either way, but that is a particular nightmare I would never wish upon anyone. ...I do find it a bit unnecessary to 1. publish an article with so very few details, and 2. Include the details (and in the title) that mom was breastfeeding and fell asleep, and that she had a home birth. Either of those things could or could not be related, and mentioning them the way the article did could cause concern or blame where there isn't any place for it yet. Just my $0.02.

I agree with this. When I read the headline I immediately thought "Oh no, she dropped the baby while sleeping," but then I read the story and it's clear they don't yet know what happened. I don't know why this is in USA Today at all, especially with so few details (and the information they do have seems to be casting a wide net of blame).

Very sad in any case, I can't imagine what that family is going through.

AmandaJean12 · May 2014

My heart just breaks for her regardless of how it happened... I can't even imagine.

Jansheski · May 2014

Articles like these are so sad but also piss me off when they jump to conclusions and try to make a story out of it to grab more attention. Our local news stations and newspapers ran stories about my son's death headlining it baby was given medicine before nap and never woke up! Good grief they didn't know he was teething and my dr told me to give him Tylenol for that. It was actually my daycare lady who gave it to him and laid him down but the autopsy proved she did not overdose him. They could not find one thing from the autopsy to say why he died. He was perfectly healthy. Of course the media was no where to be seen once that came out. Ugh anything to make a dollar.

Emerald27 · May 2014

@Jansheski‌ I am so sorry for your loss.

MrMrsandBaby · May 2014

Emerald27 said:

This is so incredibly heartbreaking. There aren't any details available yet. Could have been anything; an unknown neurological problem or breathing problem, accidental smothering, or some other issue. So so sad, and I hope that they find that this was 100% not the mother's fault. How difficult it would be to cope either way, but that is a particular nightmare I would never wish upon anyone. ...I do find it a bit unnecessary to 1. publish an article with so very few details, and 2. Include the details (and in the title) that mom was breastfeeding and fell asleep, and that she had a home birth. Either of those things could or could not be related, and mentioning them the way the article did could cause concern or blame where there isn't any place for it yet. Just my $0.02.

I don't think it was out of the ordinary. If the baby had been born in a hospital they would have mentioned the hospital.

vrj0522 · May 2014

Jansheski said:

Articles like these are so sad but also piss me off when they jump to conclusions and try to make a story out of it to grab more attention. Our local news stations and newspapers ran stories about my son's death headlining it baby was given medicine before nap and never woke up! Good grief they didn't know he was teething and my dr told me to give him Tylenol for that. It was actually my daycare lady who gave it to him and laid him down but the autopsy proved she did not overdose him. They could not find one thing from the autopsy to say why he died. He was perfectly healthy. Of course the media was no where to be seen once that came out. Ugh anything to make a dollar.

I am so sorry for your loss. And for having to deal with the media.

Jansheski · May 2014

Thank you @Emerald27‌ , @dorothyzbornak97‌, @Nicb13‌, and @vrj0522‌. The media can be a nightmare. My heart goes out to that poor mother.

ANGnJON · May 2014

So tragic & heartbreaking!

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