Hi Sara,

I hope that this reply is not too late.

You may want to contact this birthmother activist.  Her name is Brenda
Romanchik and she is an amazing woman! You can reach her at
[log in to unmask] (her two web sites are http://www.r2press.com/index.html
and http://www.openadoptioninsight.org/  I am sure she will have very
important and helpful input on the social viewpoint of the situation you
address below.

You can also contact her at 248-543-0997 (got this from one of the web
sites).  Please feel free to share this message w/the prospective bmother's
midwife (one is not really a bmom until *after* relinquishments have been
signed...before then they are expectant mothers and/or prospective
birthmothers :o).

Marimar


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>
>Date:    Sun, 29 Jul 2001 23:42:03 -0400
>From:    Sara Reuning <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: birthmother bf prior to adoption
>
>Lactnetters,
>     There has been lots of discussion about adoptive nursing, but this is
>sort of a reverse situation.  I have had a request for pros and cons of
>breastfeeding a newborn by the birth mother prior to the baby being given
>up for adoption.  There is also the issue of engorgement, comparable, I
>suppose, to a woman choosing not to bf or to wean after a short time of
>bf.  The request is from a midwife.  The baby is due in a week or so, and
>the woman has not absolutely decided on her course of action.  I have had a
>couple of experiences with such a situation; one birth mother decided to
>keep her baby and the other chose adoption.
>
>      Any experience and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks
>in advance, and please let me know if I can share the posts with the
>midwife.
>
>Sara Reuning, MS, IBCLC
>


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