My daughter is adopting a little boy in May. She has had many infertility problems that I don't need to go into, but has had one successful pregnancy that ended up in my beautiful 3 year old granddaughter. She was able to breastfeed my granddaughter and would like to do so for my new granddson. Have any of you successfully used a devise to stimulate the flow of breastmilk when you haven't actually given birth?
I would just like to thank everyone who responded for their great advice. My daughter did pump and even got a drop of milk. Unfortunately yesterday she got a phone call from the adoption agency that said the birth-mother decided to keep the baby! The good news is that the agency put their profile back up and there will be another little baby out there who will be theirs someday and my daughter now knows that she can nurse him thanks to all of you.
Yes, there is a medicated protocol that will induce lactation for adoptive moms. She needs to go on it right away if the baby is coming in May. The longer on the protocol, the more milk. The website is www.asklenore.info
my doula used the sns (supplemental nursing system) to breastfeed her adopted child. email herat ____@____.com
M. H,
Absolutely, positively your daughter can breastfeed this lucky baby! She needs to see a lactation consultant to get things rolling. Since she's already nursed, successfully, she should have fewer problems than the adopting M. who has never nursed. One of the main things is pumping. She needs to start a few months to a few weeks (depending)before the expected due date. However, I really recommend that you contact a IBCLC - that's a board certified lactation consultant. You can Google IBCLC to find one in your area. If you live in Los Angeles, there are MANY excellent ones.
Congrats.
J.
I haven't personally, but I know that women have done so successfully. La Leche League has a book out now about adoption and relactation (the title is something to that effect). I know that it involves pumping regularly, every day, until the baby is due to arrive, so that the M. has plenty of milk by that time. Sometimes it also involves galactogues (milk-production stimulators, either pharmaceutical or herbal). When the baby does arrive, many adoptive moms use a Supplemental Nursing System to use while nursing their new babies (and many supplement with banked donor human milk), as their supplies still may not be efficient enough to meet the needs of a newborn. A lactation consultant (and maybe a pediatrician) could explain all this to her, I would think). Good luck to your daughter!
I would suggest calling Dr. Paul Fleiss's office in Los Feliz. His number is ###-###-####. He is a tremendous proponent of breastfeeding, and I know he encouraged a friend of a friend to breastfeed her adopted child. I think starting stimulation with a breast pump is the way you do it. Also, the La LEche league may have some tips. But I think Dr. Fleiss could probably help. Good luck to your daughter.
There was once an episode on "A Baby Story" about adoption and breastfeeding. Your daughter will probably need her physician's assistance to get her body to start producing milk, then get support from a lactation consultant. She can supplement via a small attachment (I can't recall the name of the device, sorry. )that sends formula down a tiny tube attaching externally to her breast. This way the baby gets the nutrition and she gets the stimulation needed to produce her own milk supply. Good luck & know she can succeed.
Hello
There was a television programme on last year sometime, that was about adopting, and one mother decided to breastfeed her new baby, having already breastfed her first adopted child a few years before. From memory, I believe she took some lactating tablets from her doctor, and then had to use a breast pump to get the milk flowing. it was done on a timetable to run alongside the adoption time etc. My advice would be for your daughter to speak to her doctor about these lactating tablets and go from there. Good luck!
C. x
i've heard that some birth control pills make women lactate..also she might want to look into motilium aka DOM google it...it's for upset tummies but it also makes breast milk.
Hi Grandma,
Good for you to help out. I had twins and had to stimulate my milk production. Three things that helped me-(1) Mother's Milk herbal tea (I don't know the maker- it is sold at Whole Foods Markets) and (2) a veterinary (animal)drug that was recommended by The Pump Station (I think in Woodland Hills). I'm sorry I can't remember the name of the drug- but it is prescribed to animals and humans can use it with no ill effects. It REALLY brought my milk in, as my twins were born premature and could not nurse. My milk never came in and I went on this drug about seven days after I gave birth. My GYN told me it was too late to do anything.What a gusher- I suddenly had milk and lots of it. (3) A hospital grade breast pump. You need a doctors prescription for this- it costs about $100 per month. This thing has tremendous suction. A breast pump purchased over the counter can not compare. In closing, I would have your daughter contact a local mothers nursing chapter- like the Pump Station or La Leche League. Check the yellow pages or your local hospital birthing unit can give you a referral.
Best of Luck!
P.
Try contacting the Pump Station or La Leche. I believe you can find their info online. Good Luck!
get ahold of either the pump station in santa monica or a leader from la leche league and i am certain that they will have wonderful information and resources!
