>How, exactly, does a hospital "force" a mom to breastfeed? Hold
>the mom's arms down, pull up her shirt, and hold the baby to the breast?
>Somehow I'm pretty sure this doesn't happen anywhere.

Neil Campbell, MD, (Australia) described at the 1993 ILCA conference just
such an incident among his NICU staff - they actually wrestled Mama to the
floor in an attempt to apply a pump when she refused to breastfeed.  You
could *feel* all 800 of us stiffen in total shock.

Then he showed a picture of the baby - an adorable little orangutan - and
added that the father never paid the bill, either.

He got a standing ovation, and the tape of his talk is well, well, well
worth watching.
--
Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC, LLLL  Ithaca, NY
www.wiessinger.baka.com

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