I just want to weigh in on this especially after reading Magda's  post.  The 
health benefits and for some the health risks of not  breastfeeding have been 
heard but the emotional and physical attachment is a  harder case to sell 
today.  I have observed we are becoming more of a "need  things to be done 
quickly" and therefore a much more detached society.  
One of my observations is how people are seeing newborn babies.  The  
expectations is that they have to be bathed as soon as possible because they are  SO 
DIRTY and than have to be wrapped up to the point you can barely see the baby  
much less feel them.  
How can a mother really enjoy and experience her baby if she is  
breastfeeding with the baby swaddled in 2 layers of blankets with the hands  either tied 
down by the swaddle or covered by mitts?  This is the  expectation of the 
hospital staff and therefore most parents and family  members.  
I am constantly unwrapping babies and trying to get them skin to skin with  
their mommies.  This is how to experience bonding with or without feeding  the 
baby.
I know change is slow but I believe this is the direction to help the cause  
of breastfeeding.  All images of mothers and babies should be skin to  skin.  
All teaching to health care providers should be around skin to skin  and its 
benefits.  Than out to the general public with the same  message.  Showing some 
skin needs to be a gradual but important adjustment  to society.
Ann Perry, RN IBCLC
Boston, MA

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