Hi ROni!

Yes, I've seen this too! Not on television, but in a Gossip magazine here
in the Netherlands. There was a picture of this woman in it with the monkey
latched on.

 The piece is called : (I'm translating and quoting the piece)

"A monkey of a child. The 49 y.o woman is called Carol Cope from the South
African KwaZuluNatal Zoo and she actually feeds TWO monkeys at her breast.
The monkeys are called Mr. Chook and Brock and their mother was shot to
death in the wilderness.
One of the monkeys tried to grasp her nipple and that's what made her
consider breastfeeding her. The docter gave her a hormone shot to get her
lactating and because she'd put on too much weight because of the
injection, she got anti- depressants prescribed. She feeds her 'babies' in
public and opinions vary.
She says: I"m saving their lives, and THAT'S what counts."

Hope this helps a bit
Renate Rietveld, IBCLC
Rijswijk, The Netherlands

At 19:53 8-9-99 EDT, you wrote:
>Greetings Friends,
>
>I was watching *Extra* a tv gossip show, on TV tonight. They had a story
>about a woman who "says the only way to save an ORPHANED MONKEY was to
>breastfeed it herself! It’s a story you’ve got to see to believe, on the
next
>EXTRA." The story went on to tell how her doc prescribed antidepressants and
>this helped her to lactate. She was 47 at the time ( I think that is what
the
>story said) and it also said that ironically she never breastfed her son!!!
>I tried to get the story at their website but it may not be available until
>tomorrow. The address is www.extratv.com.
>Did anyone else see the story or hear of this before?  It is new to me.
>
>Roni Chastain, RN, LCCE, FACCE
>Long Island, New York
>
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