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"J. Rachael Hamlet" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 11 Jul 1998 13:00:43 -0500
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What do you all think of this?  Has the Australian press picked up on this?

Message forwarded from alt.support.breastfeeding:
Lisa McLean wrote:
>
> The Family Court here in Australia has ordered a mother to stop >
breastfeeding her child so that her ex-husband can have lengthy contact with
> his 14 month old son.  The mother appealed against a previous ruling which
> she said would have forced her to wean her baby. The previous ruling
> ordered that the baby and his 3 year old sister were to stay overnight with
> their father 3 days a week.  The mother said this arrangement failed
> because she had been unable to wean the baby and did not want to.
>
> She relied on reports from medical experts who said the child could suffer
> psychological damage if he was weaned immediately. However a report
> tabled in court by a senior child psychiatris said prolonged breastfeeding
> might be a sign of the mother’s emotional problems.
>
> The new ruling ordered that overnight stays for the baby would be phased in
> over a moth while the mother weaned the baby.
>
> So, the court has ruled that a mother has to wean her baby. And heard that
> prolonged breastfeeding MAY be a sign of a mother’s emotional problems.
>

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