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Shannon, welcome to Lactnet, and thank you for sharing this case with us.
Your client can hold the baby on her bare chest, with baby in just a
diaper--skin to skin--and do lots of snuggling. The baby will most likely
go to the breast after being accustomed to the smell of this new mother.
I would encourage the mother to do this, and to breastfeed this little one,
while gently, slowly introducing a bottle so that baby's feeding doesn't
have to be solely at her breast.
There is also a possibility that baby could accept some solid foods (early,
I know) in a month or so and lessen the feeding requirements for the mother.
Don't worry about transmission. In my opinion, that issue is overplayed.
Milk from a relative's mother is far less a threat to health than modified
milk from another species. With stimulation from feeding or pumping she
can make enough milk for both babies, just as if she had twins--or triplets.
Pat Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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