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April 2014 Moms
Cecilbear
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PSA: no nursing in moving vehicle
Cecilbear
member
Just read this and wanted to share:
In a crash, everything will weigh its weight multiplied by the G’s of the crash – G’s being the force of gravity. A 30mph crash, like they test the car seats at, has about 20-25 G’s. If mom weighs 120 pounds, and is in a crash with 20 G’s, her entire body will weigh 120 pounds x 20G’s = 2400 pounds. You can imagine that her chest will weigh at least 1,000 of these pounds – and if she is leaning over the baby to nurse, her chest will slam down on the baby’s body in a sudden stop or crash – as both the mom and baby will be moving in the same direction due to the physics of the crash. You wouldn’t drop a 1,000 pound cinder block on a baby – so too you shouldn’t lean over the child to nurse them – as your body can crush the child. Even if you are nursing with your seat belt on, the belt is loose enough that your chest is very close to the baby (otherwise your breast couldn’t be in baby’s mouth), which means that your chest will certainly make hard contact with the baby in a crash.
In a crash, everything will weigh its weight multiplied by the G’s of the crash – G’s being the force of gravity. A 30mph crash, like they test the car seats at, has about 20-25 G’s. If mom weighs 120 pounds, and is in a crash with 20 G’s, her entire body will weigh 120 pounds x 20G’s = 2400 pounds. You can imagine that her chest will weigh at least 1,000 of these pounds – and if she is leaning over the baby to nurse, her chest will slam down on the baby’s body in a sudden stop or crash – as both the mom and baby will be moving in the same direction due to the physics of the crash. You wouldn’t drop a 1,000 pound cinder block on a baby – so too you shouldn’t lean over the child to nurse them – as your body can crush the child. Even if you are nursing with your seat belt on, the belt is loose enough that your chest is very close to the baby (otherwise your breast couldn’t be in baby’s mouth), which means that your chest will certainly make hard contact with the baby in a crash.
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Re: PSA: no nursing in moving vehicle
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I haven't nursed while driving, but I have give her a bottle, now I'm thinking I should pull over for the bottles as well- my arm would slam into her with a ton of force also...
Eta: not sure how we motivate baby to suck on the empty nipple to initiate letdown though. You may have to get started manually... Maybe I'm taking this too seriously, but I have a road trip (up to near you, actually) planned for next weekend and would totally be my own test subject.
Edit: do you have that bottle? Cause I'm thinking $3 in parts at lowes and we could have this up and going. I have a hand pump.
My mom remembers popping us out of our car seats to nurse in the front seat where she was sitting when we were little. We had car seats, we just didn't have to be in them...