IAM doing research into the possibility of mother-baby bonds when a baby is being breastfed.

Far from being far-fetched and fanciful, there is some evidence to suggest that even when parted from her baby, a breastfeeding mother has a 'let down flex,' where she expressed milk at the same time as the absent baby cries to be fed.

Dr Rupert Sheldrake, a former Cambridge Don and research fellow of the Royal Society has a theory which may explain this phenomenon. Much interest has come already from the media, with articles having been written in national and local press and television items both here and abroad on his theory.

I am trying to get in touch with any breastfeeding mothers who are interested in helping in this pioneering research or anyone who has had personal experience of this in the past. Please write to me.

PAM SMART, 173 Kay Brow, Ramsbottom BL0 9AY.

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