Hilary posts a lovely story about a baby who, since no one knew her mother
was in labor, escaped exposure to any drugs, or for that matter, maternity
ward routines, in labor which could have impaired her ability to call for
and seek the breast.  How fortuitous that the baby was in top condition to
initiate bonding in a mother who must have been quite unprepared for this
process!  And how fortuitous that the birth took place before mother could
get into an organized setting where she would be bombarded with the usual
third degree (why didn't you seek care? did you REALLY have no idea? etc.
etc.) which does nothing to promote the attachment process and only serves
to reinforce the mother's doubt in her own ability to deal with her new
situation.  Who knows, some well-meaning staff may have thought that
immediate separation would have been in order, to give mother time to adjust
mentally to the whole idea.
Informed choice is a meaningless term in such circumstances - baby's choice
isn't!
Rachel Myr
smiling over this, and Winnie's post about the late feedback from a mother
of four BF children, in Kristiansand, Norway

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