[blparent] Silent Gagging (Involvement of Child Services)

[Veronica Smith]

Gab turned blue, right in front of a room of sighted peeps.  I guess she had
fluid on her lungs, born with pneumonia, but no one knew it until the nurse
looked at her and quickly swished her away.  It was very scarey, sitting
there admiring your baby one second and the next them zooming out of the
room because something is wrong.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:41 AM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Silent Gagging (Involvement of Child Services)

What is silent gagging?  I've never heard of it, and nobody mentioned it in
the hospital when my daughter was born, possibly because I have a sighted
partner who would have noticed if our baby turned blue.  She didn't, thank
goodness, but I'm curious what that term means.

Jo Elizabeth

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brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and
died in cotton fields and sweatshops.--Stephen Jay Gould -----Original
Message-----
From: Jodie and Kahlan
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 6:11 AM
To: blparent at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [blparent] Involvement of Child Services (was
introduction,expecting)

Great post, Bernadetta! Chris and I have been involved with social workers
voluntarily since before Kahlan was born. They, and our families, helped us
learn the skills we needed to become good parents.
Neither of us had any idea how to change a diaper before Kahlan was born.
People at the hospital when she was born were also great at helping with
those basic beginning skills, and telling them we were involved with social
workers made it clear that we knew what we were doing.

Jo Elizabeth is also right about over confidence. Has anyone ever heard of
something called silent gagging? Chris and I had never heard of it until the
doctor mentioned it the day after Kahlan was born. We said we wanted to keep
Kahlan in the room with us that night. They said they wanted to bring a
sitter in when the baby was with us alone. The word sitter got our feathers
ruffled, understandably, but once they explained about silent gagging and
visual cues that we might miss, we accepted.

My mom said my brother turned blue when he was a baby and the nurses had to
get him breathing again. He had experienced the silent gagging and she
hadn't thought about it until the doctor mentioned it to us.
Thank God, it never happened to Kahlan!

Parents need to know when to say yes they need help or no they don't, and in
my opinion, they need to find ways to prove it when they don't need help.
We've been seen feeding and changing Kahlan and interacting with her. Her
happy, healthy personality proves that we're taking good care of her, and
every social worker we've spoken with who has seen her knows it. I
personally think voluntarily getting involved with social workers is a good
idea, especially for first time parents, and more especially for first time
parents like me who really didn't have the proper skills before the birth.
It shows that you want what's best for your child and are willing to do
whatever it takes.

--
Hugs from Jodie and kahlan

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