Debbie
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
With respect to uterine replicators, would the mother-to-be still have the option of breast feeding their newly decanted baby? Just something that popped into my head, wondering how nursing would fit into the different classes of Barryar society. I assume it mean manipulating certain hormones, but would it be something even done?
Lois McMaster Bujold
The Vorkosiverse would certainly have it within easy options to medically arrange the mother's (or wet-nurse's) hormones however she or it pleased. (*) Well-understood biology, by that time. In most places, it would be considered a personal choice.
There would also be the option of vat-made human milk, I have no doubt. (Or any other kind.)
* - Also, Athos. Who knows what they consider culturally normal, though I'd bet on vat milk there. Probably.
L.
The Vorkosiverse would certainly have it within easy options to medically arrange the mother's (or wet-nurse's) hormones however she or it pleased. (*) Well-understood biology, by that time. In most places, it would be considered a personal choice.
There would also be the option of vat-made human milk, I have no doubt. (Or any other kind.)
* - Also, Athos. Who knows what they consider culturally normal, though I'd bet on vat milk there. Probably.
L.
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