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To: bvw
She was breatfeeding her baby.

She was breastfeeding her baby while going down an interstate (speed limit 70) with the baby's head and body in close proximity to the steering wheel. Unless she's got a pair of long ones--and to keep the baby's head angled upwards (it prevents choking and vomiting)--one of her arms was under the baby's head to place the baby's head in the right position to suckle. I doubt if you've breastfed, but the baby will either alternate or switch breasts during the feeding. That means at some point during the 50 minute feeding (although the baby gets sufficient milk in the first 10 minutes or so; after that, Mom's a pacifier) the baby would've switched positions from left breast to right breast (or vice versa). This keeps the breasts (one or both) from being engorged with milk. Now there's a possibility that the driver's licenseless Mom had the ability to switch the baby from breast to breast while keeping one hand on the wheel, but it's a tricky move: detach the baby's mouth from the nipple (usually done by placing a finger from the opposite hand between the baby's mouth and nipple from the side to break the suction), lift the baby's head, sit the baby up, move the baby from the crook of one arm to the other, turn the baby facing into the breast and put the baby into the right position to suckle and make sure the baby starts to suckle, usually done by placing the nipple in or near the baby's mouth.

The next time you go on an interstate or other highway, take along a 7 month old sized doll and try to duplicate what she was doing.

495 posted on 06/20/2003 7:09:28 PM PDT by Catspaw
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To: Catspaw
The next time you go on an interstate or other highway, take along a 7 month old sized doll and try to duplicate what she was doing.

YUP.....Its the end of the world!

Gawd help us from mammas feedin babies!

500 posted on 06/20/2003 7:24:03 PM PDT by mylife
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To: Catspaw
EXCELLENT explanation of the mechanics of breastfeeding. You only left out one thing.....burping. Normally, the child is burped (dependent upon age) by being held in a 'sitting up' position while patting the child on the back. You then 'flip' the child so they can nurse on the other breast.
502 posted on 06/20/2003 7:31:06 PM PDT by justshe (Educate....not Denigrate !)
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To: Catspaw
The next time you go on an interstate or other highway, take along a 7 month old sized doll and try to duplicate what she was doing.

And then, perhaps, the father can tell us how that doesn't remove your attention from operating the vehicle.

Ah, but we can't worry about that - at least according to some here.

Barring that, perhaps, said mother can notify me when she plans on recklessly using the public roads; so I can keep my happy ass off of them.

511 posted on 06/20/2003 7:59:02 PM PDT by mhking
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