>As a pump rental station and a LLL, I have worked with a couple of adoptive >mothers. One had a terrible time in the hospital. She wanted to breastfeed >right away, but because she had not legal rights to the baby, she was not >allowed to, even though there was a signed letter from the birth mother in >the charts. I think the hospital staff erred in assuming one has to have legal rights to a baby in order to breastfeed it. I believe a biological mother can allow anyone she wants to, to breastfeed her baby, whether or not she's giving it up for adoption. Arly in Northern Utah's mountains <[log in to unmask]> MS Nutrition, CLE, IBCLC