Dear Jane,

Back in the archives there is a good thread on this -- a couple of us posted
the differences between goat's, cow's & human milk.  Goat milk is very
similar to cow milk, and the differences in the micronutrients from human
milk is astronomical.  The solute load on the baby's kidney's would be
potentially very dangerous.

The Meyanberg Dairy in CA which is the one that produces the commercially
available Goat milk, sent me a couple of articles including the one that
showed the differences between the two.  You might want to call them and get
those as the actual table from an actual article might help convince the
midwife that this isn't the best route to go for any baby, adopted or not.

Their phone number is 805-565-1538.  They were very nice & very helpful when
I explained who I was and what I did.  They do have a receipe for a "formula"
which will modify the milk somewhat.  Frankly, since goat milk is for baby
goats, I prefer, if one can't use human milk, to use the commercial formulas.
 After all, goats aren't trying to modify their milk to "be most like human
milk."  At least the formula companies are in competition to make the formula
most like mother's milk.

Good luck!

Jan Barger (who never metaphor she didn't like)
Wheaton, IL