On May 10, 2006, at 3:38 PM, LACTNET automatic digest system wrote:

> Why is it so many moms "can't get that close" to their babies?

I can't speak for other cultures, but Robin Lim, a very experienced 
midwife internationally, points out that in the USA, "life as we know 
it" ends when a baby is born, and people tell pregnant couples they had 
better do whatever they have been waiting to do (travel, etc.)or they 
will have to wait years.  The baby is interfering temporarily with 
"real life."

In contrast, in Bali, life isn't really normal until the couple *has* a 
baby, and the culture expects and supports the falling in love.

My dh had heard horrible things from several guys, and Robin 
straightened him out for me :)

Lynn

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