This mom can perhaps bring in some banked human milk (a small amount is 
all she'd need), or manually express some colostrum in advance and bring 
that to feed to the baby immediately after birth if she doesn't latch 
right away.  She can bring in research on the added risk of diabetes 
from artificial milk, and ask her pediatrician to insist that her baby 
get no non-human milk at all, for any reason.  She can keep the baby 
with her all the time (continuous skin to skin contact greatly reduces 
the risk of hypoglycemia in infants), and can sign herself and the baby 
out against medical advice if necessary.  If she remains calm and 
reasonable, there will be no grounds for the hospital to threaten a 
psychiatric consult (a weapon sometimes used when moms try to go against 
medical advice).
Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC  NYC

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