[ozmidwifery] Re: Placenta and post natal depression

[Larissa & Tim]

I don't know about dogs but I was watching a zoo type show a few weeks ago and the were talking about a family of Gorilla's and apparently a couple of them "had to have caesareans because they weren't labouring well" (insert snorts of disgust here) and after the surgery the gorilla's apparently wanted nothing to do with the babies. Gee whiz wonder why? They also talked about how they were supplementing the babies with bottles (those that still fed off their mothers) because they weren't gaining enough weight?!?!?! This all sounds very familiar. I found the whole program disgusting after that and switched off, How sad that we are inflicting this among our animal friends as well as the human race. Hugs, Larissa     I wonder if Dogs who undergo c/s at vets are prone to not wanting their young.  That may be somewhere to go.  But then that could be the fact that they had the c/s as well as not eating the placenta - you may need to get a vet to help with a control study.   Regards Rhonda . ally evolved - Click Here