Breastfeeding is Not the Only Way to Bond with Your Baby

Mothers who are unable to, or choose not to, bring their baby to breast use alternative methods to bond with their newborn

Prairieville, LA – November, 2006 – Maternal-infant bonding is essential for healthy social and cognitive development in newborns, yet several mothers have trouble bonding with their child immediately after birth due to long, excruciating labor, cesarean surgery, newborn nursing complications and post-partum depression.

Some exclusive breastfeeding advocates believe that you cannot experience the bond without breastfeeding’s skin to skin contact, yet they often forget the physical and emotional obstacles that may be caused during the birth of a baby. According to the National Women's Health Information Center, roughly 10 percent of pregnancies result in postpartum depression and experience breastfeeding complications.

“When a new mother is experiencing breastfeeding complications or post partum depression, exclusive breastfeeding often poses an additional problem to an already problematic situation. This, in turn, causes a distance between the new mother and the baby, as opposed to creating a bond.” says Wendy Williamson, a mother of three children and advocate for breast pumping. “GotBreastPump.com encourages those frustrated and distraught mothers to bond with their new baby using numerous other options.”

GotBreastPump.com educates new mothers of breast pumping as a healthful feeding and bonding alternative that not only helps to strengthen the bond between baby and mother, but the bond between the baby and involved family members as well.

Breast pumping encourages the development of emotional connection between the newborn and all members of the family who volunteer to feed the baby. Feeding, holding, talking, singing, rocking, cuddling and bathing with the newborn are all bonding experiences that new mothers and family members can practice in hopes of encouraging social and cognitive development and a maternal-infant bond.

About GotBreastPump.com

GotBreastPump.com is a Web site geared toward educating new mothers about the great benefits of breast pumping for both baby and mother. Wendy Williamson, mother of three and founder of GotBreastPump.com, hopes to create a greater awareness of donating breast milk and breast pumps to mothers who want to provide their milk to premature or ill babies.

To learn more about breast pumping, GotBreastPump.com and Wendy Williamson, please visit www.GotBreastPump.com.

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