In spite of my present non-violent mode, I'm tempted to agree
with Kathy A. about what to do to a nurse who forces a newborn to
a breast. When this issue first appeared on Lactnet a few months
ago, I had trouble envisoning it, since I'm not allowed into the
postpartum wards (defensive nurses....). Sure enuff, a few weeks
later I had a call from a mom home from the hospital only a few
hours, and in a panic because the baby went into shutdown at the
sight of her breast. This bonny redhead was so traumatized that
after 2 hours of oh-so gently trying to get him to take the
breast and failing, he almost refused even to take a bottle. I
tried to get the mom to finger feed or use the SNS, but she
refused to even try. She was strangely awkward when holding the
baby even in the cradle position, but as far as I could tell, she
was not disabled. She was not very good at expressing, and told
me when I came back from vacation that the pump broke one
weekend, and that was the end of lactation. The baby, according
to the mother, always refused the breast, although I offerred
many suggestions to the mom (I have a sneaking suspicion that she
never really tried any. She was SO angry at the hospital nurse
who forced her baby, that I'm afraid that she didn't try very
hard to succeed, kind of punishing the nurse, in a twisted way.
Sigh.). I was sorry about this one, since I'm so partial to
redheads. Judy Knopf in Beer Sheva, Israel