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Originally Posted by Jamie89

Apparently the mother didn't want to breastfeed, I'm not sure what normally happens, if doctors would intervene and try and encourage them to, and if they did or not in this situation, it doesn't go into it, but if they did and she still chose not to there's not really a lot that can be done about that?

If I told my husband I didn't want to breastfeed and asked him if he could take some hormones for me, that wouldn't go very well. I would have serious guilt as a mother if I didn't, so I can't understand not doing it for your child when you are able... just seems like a dubious decision on both ends.

We can keep people who are on vent and brain-dead alive indefinitely using medications, so there's no reason we can't manage to do a fair bit of medical magic in many other ways... but it doesn't make it the best idea sometimes. Some doctors I think like to do things just to push the envelope just a little bit further...