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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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