mom accidentally smothers baby while breastfeeding

[Amby 490]

A baby girl died accidentally when her mom fell asleep as she breast-fed her baby on a jet.

The woman, 29, woke up after an hour to find the 4-week-old had been smothered.

Cabin crew were alerted by the mom's screams in business class, and the United Airlines jet -- over the Atlantic at 33,000 feet -- was diverted to London's Heathrow for an immediate landing.

A doctor onboard the Washington D.C. to Kuwait flight tried in vain to resuscitate the girl.

Police boarded the jet on landing and Scotland Yard's Child Abuse Investigation Team officers are investigating. The mom is Egyptian-born and her baby was American.

A police source said: "This appears to be a tragic accident. The girl comes from a loving family. Her mom was going to Kuwait to show her to relatives."

The Association of Breastfeeding Mothers said: "Sitting up in bed while holding your baby is very dangerous, especially if you fall asleep."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,578326,00.html

[Peikko 1,575]

A baby girl died accidentally when her mom fell asleep as she breast-fed her baby on a jet.

The woman, 29, woke up after an hour to find the 4-week-old had been smothered.

Cabin crew were alerted by the mom's screams in business class, and the United Airlines jet -- over the Atlantic at 33,000 feet -- was diverted to London's Heathrow for an immediate landing.

A doctor onboard the Washington D.C. to Kuwait flight tried in vain to resuscitate the girl.

Police boarded the jet on landing and Scotland Yard's Child Abuse Investigation Team officers are investigating. The mom is Egyptian-born and her baby was American.

A police source said: "This appears to be a tragic accident. The girl comes from a loving family. Her mom was going to Kuwait to show her to relatives."

The Association of Breastfeeding Mothers said: "Sitting up in bed while holding your baby is very dangerous, especially if you fall asleep."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,578326,00.html

Was she in a bed? Poor woman though, how absolutely awful.

[Laveau 67]

That's so so so sad

[Amby 490]

A baby girl died accidentally when her mom fell asleep as she breast-fed her baby on a jet.

The Association of Breastfeeding Mothers said: "Sitting up in bed while holding your baby is very dangerous, especially if you fall asleep."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,578326,00.html

Was she in a bed? Poor woman though, how absolutely awful.

good question. maybe she was just leaning against the window or something?

[GabiandVi 34]

Heartbreaking!

[Nagishkaw 510]

[meowmeowmeow 1]

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

She was in business class, many of those have lay-down beds these days.

Seems a tragic but also slightly strange story to me... I breastfed my twins for over 6 months, including at night, I often fell asleep while feeding, that is the advantage of breastfeeding for night feeds! Of course, I was mostly laying down, not sitting up, so couldn't "fall over" the babies.

[Niels Bohr 72]

Her breast was probably too big. Poor baby.

[Nizzy 1]

My mom knows someone that this happened to. So sad...

[Jenn! 918]

She was in business class, many of those have lay-down beds these days.

Seems a tragic but also slightly strange story to me... I breastfed my twins for over 6 months, including at night, I often fell asleep while feeding, that is the advantage of breastfeeding for night feeds! Of course, I was mostly laying down, not sitting up, so couldn't "fall over" the babies.

This is heartbreaking. I nurse in bed as well, but I don't really understand how sitting up is more dangerous than lying down. Lying down you could roll over onto the baby (research shows though this is unlikely).

[Nizzy 1]

She was in business class, many of those have lay-down beds these days.

Seems a tragic but also slightly strange story to me... I breastfed my twins for over 6 months, including at night, I often fell asleep while feeding, that is the advantage of breastfeeding for night feeds! Of course, I was mostly laying down, not sitting up, so couldn't "fall over" the babies.

This is heartbreaking. I nurse in bed as well, but I don't really understand how sitting up is more dangerous than lying down. Lying down you could roll over onto the baby (research shows though this is unlikely).

Yeah the lady my mom knows was laying down when this happened...she must have been a real heavy sleeper...

[Eveline 9]

That is a sad story. Poor mama.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Poor family.