I think BFing problems associated with CS (delay in milk coming in, problems latching, supply worries) are more about trauma and management rather than the CS itself aren't they...? I know 2 or 3 women who had even emergency C-Sections and were BFing like champs a few hours later.
Any traumatic birth that affects the mother's physical and emotional wellbeing can interfere with the milk supply and having baby taken and put in SCBU can make getting it all started more difficult, etc. But i wouldn't have thought a planned c-section, where it is what the mother wants, and where the Ob is supportive of immediate skin to skin and feeding shouldn't present any more problems than a normal vaginal birth handled in the same way.
Bookmarks