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Circumcision Leads to Breastfeeding Complications

Need another reason to skip routine circumcision? For over twenty years,
studies conducted by medical doctors and researchers have documented a
connection between circumcision and breastfeeding complications.
According to findings, the newly circumcised infant expresses noticeably
decreased responses to a mother's attempts at engaging their attention.
This "subdued" behavior has been linked by several researchers in
separate studies to a subsequent struggle in the achievement of
successful breastfeeding. Research has also demonstrated that following
circumcision, infants suffer from "prolonged periods of non-REM sleep,"
a symptom that would further contribute to inactive and unreceptive
tendencies.

Some of the infants observed in one study were supplemented with formula
after circumcision--due either to frustration on the part of the mother
from failed breastfeeding attempts or because doctors felt the infant
was incapable of postoperative breastfeeding. Because infants usually
leave the hospital seven to ten hours after the operation (many leave as
early as three to six hours post-op) the long-term negative effects of
circumcision on breastfeeding is more difficult to determine; however,
"the observed deterioration in ability to breastfeed may potentially
contribute to breastfeeding failure."

Despite the fact that "circumcision is a painful, stressful, exhausting,
and traumatic experience for many infants," as many as 45% of doctors
ignore the recommendation by medical authorities to use an anesthetic
during the procedure. Because conclusive benefits of infant circumcision
are not evident, there is no danger in refusing or delaying the
procedure. The Work Group on Breastfeeding of the American Academy of
Pediatrics officially discourages "stressful procedures" such as
circumcision and promotes breastfeeding as "primary in achieving optimal
infant and child health, growth, and development."

Source: Journal of Human Lactation 19(1), 2003.

What is the connection between breast pumps and circumcision?
Hollister, Inc. makes both the Plastibel circumcision device and Ameda
breast pumps. It is accepted that circumcision interferes with breast
feeding, thus one of Hollister's products partially drives the sale of
another.They make the product that causes problems and, then, they make
a product to solve that.

There is a boycott of Hollister products going on for this very reason.
Support it! Medela is a non-Hollister breast pump that can be purchased.

FORESKINS FOR KEEPS --an idea whose time has come. The end of
circumcision by Jan 1, 2007

Feel free to repost.
--
Woman, Wife, Mother, Midwife

What is the connection between breast pumps and circumcision?
Hollister, Inc. makes both the Plastibel circumcision device and Ameda
breast pumps. It is accepted that circumcision interferes with breast
feeding, thus one of Hollister's products partially drives the sale of
another.They make the product that causes problems and, then, they make
a product to solve that.

There is a boycott of Hollister products going on for this very reason.
Support it! Medela is a non-Hollister breast pump that can be purchased.

huh, whilst the rest of the article is fair and scientific, I think this is
a bit extreme, Hollister make medical products, they make some excellent
breastpumps, both for rent and purchase, yeah, there may be a link, but it
isn't causal, it's coincidence. This is very much not in the same boat as
nestle giving out free baby milk in Africa.

Anne

Anne Rogers writes:
: What is the connection between breast pumps and circumcision?
: Hollister, Inc. makes both the Plastibel circumcision device and Ameda
: breast pumps. It is accepted that circumcision interferes with breast
: feeding, thus one of Hollister's products partially drives the sale of
: another.They make the product that causes problems and, then, they make
: a product to solve that.
:
: There is a boycott of Hollister products going on for this very reason.
: Support it! Medela is a non-Hollister breast pump that can be purchased.

: huh, whilst the rest of the article is fair and scientific, I think this is
: a bit extreme, Hollister make medical products, they make some excellent
: breastpumps, both for rent and purchase, yeah, there may be a link, but it
: isn't causal, it's coincidence. This is very much not in the same boat as
: nestle giving out free baby milk in Africa.

Yes? I must say that I try not to byy *ANY* nestle products because of
thier immoral formula marketing techniques. I don't see how your comment
is an argument against boycotting Hollister.

Larry

Yes? I must say that I try not to byy *ANY* nestle products because of
thier immoral formula marketing techniques. I don't see how your comment
is an argument against boycotting Hollister.

because Nestle purposely do schemes giving out baby milk to make people then
have to buy more of their milk, Hollister almost certainly haven't
deliberately made this circumcision device so that they sell more
breastpumps, this research is new, suggesting people boycott Ameda stuff is
basically saying you should buy Medela stuff, which is a very different
thing to chooseing from a wide range of alternative products instead of
nestle. The Ameda Purely Yours (Lactaline in some countries) is probably the
best value double electrice pump available, around a third of the price of a
purely yours, it has made many many women give there babies breastmilk when
if the choice had been formula or a medela pump, formula would have won. I
wouldn't be at all surprised if someone who had a link with Medela was
involved in this research.

Cheers

Anne