When I gently suggested these things, response from medical staff ranged from snorts to laughter. Common reasons for not "allowing" mom to BF during procedures or shots: 1) baby may bite mom, 2) baby will associate the breast with the pain and refuse the breast afterwards (but they don't eat poorly afterwards? huh?), 3) mom will get upset watching the circ and interfere or move baby, causing problems or injury to baby, or 4) it just won't work and 5) "this is the way we've always done it."

Phyllis

   I have yet to convince anyone that a circ should be performed with the 
> mother leaning over the baby with her breast in his mouth in our procedure 
> room while the doc does the cutting (LOL!). 

 Moms seem interested when I tell them to put the baby to 
> breast as immunizations are being done in the office and those that do tell me 
> it works wonders - calm baby at breast (we do "shots" in the baby's thigh 
> rather than the arm which would make it easier to nurse) vs. screaming baby 
> on exam table.
 
--
Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC, RLC
Glendale, AZ.
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