Trisa posted about a mother with a stat c-setion and long recovery whose baby had a hard time latching on hours later. I guess it may be wishful thinking to think this could happen on a regular basis but I'll use a close friend's birth and her husband's dedication to breastfeeding as an example. My friend had been concerned about a breech birth and possible cesaerean section birth but the baby had turned back head down. She ended up having a c-section anyway due to a prolapsed cord. She told me after the birth that she became aware of becoming alert after the surgery with the baby at her breast, nursing, and her husband holding the baby there at her chest. Her husband is an MD and may have had more 'pull' with the staff. This was their third child, the previous ones nursed six months and 14 months. After allergy problems with the second she and her husband were willing to hold off on solids and have the baby exclusively breastfeed as long as possible. It was very important to them that the baby be given no supplementary or complementary feeds. This little boy nursed fine at the birth, went on to nurse and sleep at his mother's breast for the few days until discharge. Is there something in hospital procedures that would preclude this happening for other mother's who've had surgical births? Mardrey Swenson