I don’t know of any such reports. My point was that it is rare to have such a separation unless the mother has been charged, or at least there is evidence, or a specific allegation, that the specific mother in question has done something wrong.
In this case you have women for whom NOBODY filed a report of wrongdoing, NO CPS agent did a specific interview with, and for whom NO evidence was found of abuse, who were removed from the compound with their children, and who now face being separated from those children they are breastfeeding.
If this was a family where the father was accused, the FATHER would be removed from the house, and the mother and child left.
In this case, it was a group setting, they don’t want the kids going back, they are tired of keeping up temporary shelter, and it’s hard enough to place kids without asking a foster family to take a mother.
It’s just not a normal situation, by any stretch of the imagination.
But separating a breast-feeding mother and infant is a SERIOUS step. Breast-feeding provides children with protection from disease, and better nutrition. It helps the mother/child bond. Without feeding, the mother will have to take significant steps to maintain her milk supply, and if the child is gone too long they may lose interest in breast milk and never go back.
Not true. The mother has not protected the child from abuse, and is likely to allow the male/father back into the home, so the child is almost invariably removed from both parents.
But separating a breast-feeding mother and infant is a SERIOUS step. Breast-feeding provides children with protection from disease, and better nutrition. It helps the mother/child bond. Without feeding, the mother will have to take significant steps to maintain her milk supply, and if the child is gone too long they may lose interest in breast milk and never go back.
I am not aware that any breast-feeding mother was separated from her newborn infant. If you are sure of this, please advise. If the mother is committed to breast-feeding, she can pump the milk and have it delivered to the infant. Mothers of babies in NICU, mothers of preemies, working moms, they do this all the time. When the DNA testing of the adults is done, perhaps we'll know then if the mothers are wet nurses, or biological mothers, of the nursing infants (if there are any nursing infants).