Think about it this way--the partner may be having some feelings (right or
wrong) about not being biologically connected to the baby, and it might be
VERY IMPORTANT to her to feel that something she's made from her own body
will be taken into the baby's body and become part of the baby.  In other
words cells and tissue from her body will be incorporated into the baby's
body and will become parts of the baby.  So she will then have a biological
connection to the baby.  I personally wholeheartedly support this.  There
are all kinds of families out there, all with the potential to nurture their
children with our help and knowledge of lactation.


Terry Lynn Dise, MD