Now that World Breastfeeding Week is over, lets discuss adoptive breastfeeding - a hot topic in the adoption community.
Did you know that an adoptive mother can breastfeed her new baby?
Is adoptive breastfeeding right or wrong?
Is this about bonding with the baby or fulfilling a deep need of the adoptive mother?
Are there health and nutrition benefits when the breast milk was not produced by a pregnant mother?
What do you think?
Share your thoughts on this hot adoption topic.
For more information on adoptive breastfeeding see the following resources:
- Can I Breastfeed My Adopted Baby?
- What Is Induced Lactation?
- What Are the Pros to Adoptive Breastfeeding?
- What Are the Cons to Adoptive Breastfeeding?
- Breastfeeding Tips to Help the New Adoptive Mother
- Reader Stories: How I Decided to Breastfeed Adopted Baby - Why it Was Right for Me and My Baby
- Readers Respond: Why I Don't Like Breastfeeding Adoptive Mothers
I don’t understand why it would possibly be wrong???
I was prepared to and ran out and got all the equipment, but then didn’t end up doing it. My son was in pain from reflux and allergies and it was all I could do to manage that without manage the stress of trying to bring up milk. I’m kind of regretting that I didn’t but the time is passed now.