Good point, I hadn't thought of this liability issue as a reason to
keep moms and babies together. Whatever it takes.

Naomi

On Jul 29, 2010, at 9:23 AM, LACTNET automatic digest system wrote:

> Dear friends,
> Why the fuss about a baby being breeastfed by another woman instead
> of fussing about a baby being so far away from his mom that he could
> be switched to an other mom? If there would be no separation between
> mothers and their newborns these things could not happen. So for
> hospitals, if not the physiology of women and children can be an
> argument, perhaps liability issues can be to keep moms and babies
> close.
>
> Warmly,
>
> Gonneke, IBCLC i PP, LC lecturer

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Mothers' Milk Bank of New England

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Mothers' Milk Bank of New England

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