breastfeeding to ensure exclusivity of mother baby bond

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this is something i have come accross recently. particularly in big families where there are very controlling grandmothers, and mother baby either live with them, or are very dependant for childcare/ support etc.obviously the main reason is the 'breast is best idea' but ensuring that they are not sidelined was also an important reason for these women.
initially i thought this rather a control freakish idea. however following on from reading some of the threads on mn, with lone parents having to hand over babies to xp's and ow to look after, i'm beginning to wonder if it is actually a not bad idea.....

hmm... jt, a few weeks ago, their was a mumsnetter on here talking about having to hand over her baby to her partner for the entire weekend,w here she was sure it was the ow, the one who had stolen her partner from her in the first place, who would be looking after the baby. she was very upset about this, undertandably, imo. in her case, had she been exculsively breastfeeding, then the situation wouldnt have arisen. i dont think it is selfish to exclude such people.

I'm probably in a minority here, but I was so knackered during the early months of breastfeeding that I found it delightful to hand over dd (and later ds) to somebody else for the occasional bottle . Jealousy wasn't a problem when weighed against the chance of a few hours sleep.

I don't for a moment suppose my family saw it as a way of gaining control either- they just wanted to help.

And no, it didn't interfere with my milk, I was overflowing whatever I did.