Breast feeding and milk

There are two objectives that are involved in breast feeding an adopted baby.  The first is getting your baby to breast feed, and the other is producing enough breast milk.

Many adoptive mothers are more than happy to breast feed without producing enough milk. Breast feeding creates a very strong bond between mother and child during the first formative weeks. It’s the closeness and the bond breast feeding provides that many mothers look for.

Taking the breast

Many people feel that the early introduction of bottles and artificial nipples too soon may interfere with getting the baby to suckle. This point can be very true; the sooner you can get the baby to the breast after birth, the better things will be. If the baby doesn’t get a steady flow of mile from the breast he/she will not want to stay attached, especially if they are used to getting a steady flow from a bottle or other feeding methods.

Producing breast milk

As soon as you have an adopted baby in sight, contact a lactation clinic and start getting your milk supply ready.  Keep in mind, you may never produce a full milk supply for your baby, but then again it could happen.  You should never feel discouraged by what you may be pumping before the baby, as a pump is never quite as good at extracting milk as a baby who is well latched and sucking.

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