Hi Pat,
What stupidity! The milk of a mother who has not recently been pregnant is
the same as mature breastmilk. Perhaps someone has gotten confused and
thinks that because she is not producing colostrum that her milk is no good.
It seems she might be working on a scale of best to worst: colostrum,
formula, mature breastmilk!
The following papers might be helpful (see Peter Hartmann in there) but also
look at how old they are, it's not like this is new information!

Karleen Gribble
Australia
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Kulski, J. K., Hartmann, P. E., Saint, W. J., Giles, P. F. and Gutteridge,
D. H. (1981). Changes in the milk composition of nonpuerperal women.
American Journal of Obststrics and Gynecology 139: 597-604.

 Kleinman, R., Jacobson, L., Hormann, E. and Walker, W. A. (1980). Protein
values of milk samples from mothers without biologic pregnancies. The
Journal of Pediatrics 97: 612-615.


> I have a phone client who is adopting a baby and she is in the process of
> bringing in a milk supply. Her baby will have to be in a foster home for 5
> weeks before coming "home."
>
> The foster mother was told yesterday by a "lactation consultant" that the
> milk of the adoptive mother will be of low quality and would compromise
the
> baby's health. Now the foster mother is refusing to allow the adoptive
> mother to feed the baby at the breast during the 5 week period.
>
> What I am asking for is something from a Ped. that, hopefully, will carry
> more weight than a statement from a "LC."  [I am anxious to hear the name
> of this person, who I suspect is not an LC.]
>
> Or if one of you breastfed an adopted baby and your Ped was in agreement
> with your doing so, that might help too. Ruth L does cover this topic and
I
> will share this information with the mother.
>
> The adoptive mother knows that it is likely that she will have to
> supplement with formula, so quantity will be an issue, but not quality.
>
> I appreciate any help that you can give us.
>
> Pat Gima, IBCLC
> Milwaukee, Wisconsin
> Mailto:[log in to unmask]

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