From: "Gloria Lemay" <birth@uniserve.com>
To: INTACT-N@cirp.org
Subject: Breastfeeding goes better for intact boys
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:39:31 -0700

I've been sending the following post out to hundreds of nurses, midwives 
and doulas today.  If you can use it, please take it for your own.  
Gloria Lemay, Vancouver

 Quote from a postpartum nurse with 19 years experience:
      Breastfeeding is often irreparably damaged by circumcision. At the 
time of most circumcisions, many mothers and babies are barely getting 
the hang of breast feeding and the baby is sometimes literally torn off 
the breast for his journey to the circ room. When he comes back, he is 
often in shock, in a deep sleep, and unarousable, or so irritable that 
he is inconsolable and will not take the breast, making the offer of a 
bottle by a healthcare professional more likely to be accepted. The main 
thing with getting breastfeeding going is uninterrupted exposure of baby 
to mother. They are one. Anything not crucial to sustaining life should 
be avoided. This is a huge concern in the pro-breastfeeding community.

      http://www.nocirc.org/statements/breastfeeding.php
      http://www.cirp.org/library/birth/

      http://www.circumstitions.com/Nursing.html

      These are links to information on how breastfeeding goes better 
for intact boys.  When both mother and baby experience surgery in the 
perinatal period, it can spell the end of breastfeeding.  When parents 
are given informed consent on circumcision, the harmful effect on 
breastfeeding must be included.
      Gloria Lemay, Vancouver, BC
      http://www.glorialemay.com