Is it natural and healthy to separate an infant from his/her mother?

HappyMomAnna

I believe that there are FEW cases where it would be HEALTHY to separate an infant from his/her mother.....

Fetal Alcohol or Drug Abuse and little babies who are born positive WERE not Healthy for the time before birth--and I feel it is 100% Natural to want to protect these little babies from being exposed to life with a parent who uses....

Just to name one issue I believe makes separation not only Natural and Healthy but, PROTECTIVE as well.

Shelly P. Tofu, E.M.T.

There are negative repercussions.

But sometimes the separation is unavoidable.

Who's doing the separating, by the way??? That's the #1 thing to consider.

it is NOT usually the Aps. It's either the mother herself, or people pressuring her.

You guys always try to make it sound like it's the APs who are causing the separation. That gets very tiring.

If a woman wants to give her child up, and is not being forced or pressured, then that infant needs a home. Sorry, but that's a fact. We can't force anybody to parent.

Make it easier for them to parent? Sure.. We should be doing that.

Give them rights to avoid all coercion? Sure.. We should be doing that.

But there will still be women who chose to place their baby for adoption, even if we get rid of all coercion, pressure, and give them all the recourses we can.

Sly

Of course it isn't Natural or Healthy to separate an infant and mother. If it were natural and healthy, that is how they would be born. Instead they are naturally born connected, and the separation is manmade.

The Designer of Life, whomever that may be, designed mothers as the source of nourishment, the source of comfort, the source of life itself to that particular infant. To separate it is against that Designer's Plan.

I would assume that the Designer doesn't work in convoluted, circuitous routes to motherhood, so to assert that going against the original intent is somehow natural or intended is a false assertion and an abomination against the original Designer, one would assume

Randy B

No, but sometimes it's more healthy then having a child remain with a mother who is unable or unwilling to care for that child (and I'm NOT saying thats the case most of the time).

And since we are to consider who is doing the separating...is it healthy for a mother to separate herself from her child? THAT does happen as well.

Heather Leigh

No, I don't think it is natural or healthy. BUT, (yes, there's always a BUT with me!) In my son's case, his mother was unable to care for him due to mental health issues and drug and alcohol dependency (which I think can be related to the mental health issues). She had almost 8 years to be a parent to him and was unable to do so.

Sally D

Seperating an infant from its mother is not natural and not healthy albeit in some instance necessary.

Nurse Autumn Intactivist NFP

The separation in itself? NO

Is this separation necessary? Rarely, but it does happen, but that still doesn't make it a "good" thing, just better than the alternative (abusive or neglectful home)

Either way, it is a crappy way to start your life

kateiskate

Uh, no. Studies show that babies begin to bond with their mothers in the womb and continue to do so after they are born. Separating a mother and child is unnatural, because mother/child bonding is something primal and instinctive. The lack of that bonding affects adoptees for life and usually attributes to a fear of abandonment, control issues, and concerns that are all typical of adoptees .

Heather B

Of course not! Even puppies and kittens get to stay with their Momma for 6-8 weeks, humans should take a lesson from them and stop treating the separation of mother and child as if it were as simple as chopping an earthworm in half.

monkeykitty83

At the root of it, no. However, in extreme cases, it may be healthIER than the alternative.

It's not healthy and natural to amputate a child's limb either, but if the child is dying because that limb is so damaged, it may be the only possible alternative.

I don't think that mothers and their babies should be separated casually. I don't think it should ever be seen as the best case scenario, and should be reserved for extreme cases where the child's welfare and safety are at stake.

"Healthy" and "natural" are not absolutes, though. They aren't a binary which something is or isn't. Something may not be ideally healthy and natural, but still be healthier than a worse alternative. So I honestly don't think this is a strictly yes/no question, and will say, "Not generally; only healthier in extreme cases where life, emotional health, or safety are at stake."

SJM

No.

JennyH

It depends on the situation, Would a child be better off staying with a mother that doesn't want anything to do with their child? A mother that is a drug abuser, someone that doesn't have family to help support them, so they have to live on the streets. A young teenager, that still wants to live life, and doesn't want their child. Then yes it is very healthy to separate them from their children. If a girl is giving a child up for adoption, because someone is forcing her to, then it is absolutely wrong. I think if the mother and the father, are in actual agreement about it, then I think it's the right thing to do.

Can't wait till Spring break

It all depends i got taken away from my mom when i was 2 but she was abusing me when i was 4months old and well i needed abetter home so i got taken away

kitta

No, it is not healthy. Mothers are life to their children. The Creator of life designed mothers to sustain their children.

Before the 20th century, and the invention of infant formula, none of this adoption business was possible.

Adoption is a government social program. it is also a private industry.

Independ"ant"

Is it Natural.....Never.

Is it Healthy....only in cases where a child is being abused and severely neglected and a family can be found that won't repeat the abuse. Of course this would only make up a small fraction of the adoptions that have been going on.

Its never Healthy.....to separate a child from their mother over money, someone elses infertility, or a gov't that is committing crimes against humanity(contributing or participating in it....prolongs it).

Kitty

ONLY ONLY ONLY! if u truly love it, and want to adopt and give it a home!!!!

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