Jennifer wrote->>>>The other issue, as I see it, is that a mother has the
right to have any
assistance from any family member (or anyone else, for that matter) that she
chooses. Keeping family members at bay is part of the whole medicalization
of
birth and breastfeeding that IMO interferes with mothering.>>>>>

I wholeheartedly agree with this. I had a c/s under general anesthesia and
because of (loudly) insistent and bf knowledgeable family members, I
regained consciousness in recovery with baby already at breast.  ;o) Gasp!
Such a scandal that was...but there were a few low chuckles, too.

Lorri Centineo

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