Pam Palty wrote:
> When working with adoptive moms, what should we tell them about trying to breastfeed immediately after birth if they are able to be there at that time?  Do hospitals have any protocols on this?

I've got an even weirder twist on that --

I recently had an adoptive Mom (private adoption - got baby on day 1)
tell me the hospital had no problem letting her nurse the baby with an
SNS and formula, but refused to let her feed the baby the donor human
milk she had purchased from a milk bank!

Go figure!  If I had a penny for every example of ignorance I've
personally witnessed just around here -- I'd be packing for Kansas City
right now!