Guest guest Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 I wanted to add that I've heard of women starting to lactate just from the latching-on of an infant. A friend of my mom's had a 5-year old daughter with cancer. She re-started breastfeeding her as a means of comfort. I'd read an article in Mothering magazine about 8 years ago about adoptive mom's breastfeeding thier infants. I recall it used a bag of mother's milk and a tube attatched to the breast, (so the baby would be getting something when she sucked) at first, until the mom started lactating on her own. The mom in the article had nursed her birth-children, and wanted to have the bonding experience with her adopted daughter. She wasn't doing it for any kind of nutritional reasons, just emotional. Robin rawfood , " Janet FitzGerald " <waxplanet wrote: > > Hi Caron, > > http://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfinfo/adoption.html Thanks for the > link, Caron! I thought the information was interesting. > > I'm aware of the WHO infant feeding options, but still wondering if it > takes into account the differences in breast milk from mother to > mother. For instance, should a toddler be getting breast milk " meant " > for a newborn? Is it, indeed, better than no breast milk at all? Can > it cause stomach upset and other problems if the milk is not matched > to the child's needs? > > Reasons I probably won't be traveling the breast feeding road: > mother doesn't want to breast feed > adopting a child over the age of 1 > child's instincts to breastfeed are near gone > access to breast milk is 0-? > negative stories about adoptive breastfeeding > using anything artificial (pumps, drugs, etc.) is a MAJOR turnoff > > I guess if I found a milk bank and it was affordable, I'd consider > using it in place of formula. Right now, if faced with a child who > wants milk, I'm not sure what to do besides feed the baby fresh fruits > and vegetables. I'm disconcerted with what I've read about ALL > formulas, and there seems to be no attractive road to travel for > adoptive parents. If adoptive parents were, as a group, knowledgeable > about nutrition, there would be better alternatives. Alas, that day > hasn't come. > > Janet > > > > > rawfood , " Caron " <carongroups@> wrote: > > > - Janet FitzGerald So, even if the > option to buy milk from other mothers was there, I'm not convinced it > is the best way to go. I tend to think my best option is to get the > best raw foods into her. > > Hi Janet, The WHO lists infant feeding options, in order of > preference, as being: > 1. mother's milk from the source (ie physical breastfeeding) > 2. mother's milk from an other source (ie bottle, or otherwise > feeding expressed breastmilk) > 3. donor mother's milk (ie a wet nurse, or from a milk bank, in order > of preference) > 4. infant formula Depending on the child's age when she joins your > family, raw foods may be the best of your options. > > I do remain open-minded about the topic and wish to learn much more. > However, it has been difficult to bring this topic up in the raw world > since few people are in the same situation. > There is another parent on this list with a child from China, but both > her daughter and mine are well past the breastfeeding stage. > > Read the article I posted the link to (I forget the exact link, but if > you go to the ABA website, at www.breastfeeding.asn.au and search for > relatation, or adoptive lactation, you'll find a couple of articles), > as it has some good information on how to get it started, not all of > the methods require drugs, though as always, drugs speed up the process. > > This is a topic I could go on and on and on about. I need to start a > list for raw adoptive parents, or something. > > I'm happy to discuss this topic, though I haven't adopted a child, and > only birthed one so far. I think it's great that you put the effort > in to wean your daughter off the foods fed to her in the orphanage, > and get her started on some good healthy foods, it's never an easy battle! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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