Trisa posted about a mother with a stat c-setion and long recovery whose baby
had a hard time latching on hours later.

I guess it may be wishful thinking to think this could happen on a regular
basis but I'll use a close friend's birth and her husband's dedication to
breastfeeding as an example. My friend had been concerned about a breech
birth and possible cesaerean section birth but the baby had turned back head
down.  She ended up having a c-section anyway due to a prolapsed cord.

She told me after the birth that she became aware of becoming alert after the
surgery with the baby at her breast, nursing, and her husband holding the
baby there at her chest.  Her husband is an MD and may have had more 'pull'
with the staff.   This was their third child, the previous ones nursed six
months and 14 months.  After allergy problems with the second she and her
husband were willing to hold off on solids and have the baby exclusively
breastfeed as long as possible.  It was very important to them that the baby
be given no supplementary or complementary feeds.   This little boy nursed
fine at the birth, went on to nurse and sleep at his mother's breast for the
few days until discharge.

Is there something in hospital procedures that would preclude this happening
for other mother's who've had surgical births?

Mardrey Swenson