Can I Breastfeed My Adopted Baby? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - A podcast by Creating a Family
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: I am a nurse and am very aware of the benefits of breast milk. I always imagined I would get breast milk from a milk bank if I adopted. Just recently, I read there aren’t many milk banks around, and they can have a supply issue and be very expensive. I then stumbled upon adoptive parents inducing lactation to feed their adopted baby. How common and easy is this? Is it successful? Does never being pregnant before and ...