Jan said: 
"I'm sure the reason that God told Abraham to circumcise on the 8th day 
was because He knew the effect of the meds and epidurals would have worn off by 
then, and breastfeeding would be well established so the baby would know the 
breast was a wonderful place to be."
Holy cow! I didn't realizebirth interventions were that old!(TIC)

In trying to word things with the norm as the standard, maybe we shouldn't be talking about this intervention as being delayed if it isn't done right away, but as "rushed" or done prematurely if done in the first week.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE!  This is not intended to restart the debate about whether or not circs should be done at all-that is off topic.  However, whether we agree with them or not, they are a fact of life in many families and when one is going to be done, we want to be sure it causes the least amount of harm to breastfeedding.

Winnie

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