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Lisa said,
<< And, I would like to add an unsubstantiated
anecdote that I picked up through LLL several years ago: the suggestion that
mothers who are at the tail end of lactation are *not* in a better position
to relactate. I can't remember the specific source and would need to dig
back
into my papers, but I remember this proposed fact clearly because a
co-leader
was at the time nursing a toddler and considering adoption and relactation
to
a full supply. >>
Adding my .02, when my second baby was just 2 and had tapered off with her
nursing by quite a bit, we began the process to become foster parents of an
infant. This was 16 years ago, not much info (especially for a radical idea
like nursing a foster child!). Dr. Fleiss told me that it's harder to bring
in milk while nursing a toddler than it is post-weaning. Further, he gave me
the little written info on induced lactation which, at that time, said that
as well.
We ended up getting a toddler whom we had for 2 years, so I can't tell you
what would have happened. (He did ask to nurse once and then giggled
hysterically when he approached the breast. Never asked again!)
Nancy
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