Wanted to share the following uplifting story and also thank Darillyn and
Karleen for past posts that have helped me to better understand adoptive nursing
and gave me the wherewithall to do what I did.  (Mom has given me permission
to post)

A mom came to my support group a couple of weeks ago with her 5 mos adopted
daughter.  I had not had previous contact with her so we talked awhile before I
brought up the topic of breastfeeding in a "were you aware that breastfeeding
an adoptive baby is possible" kind of mode.  She said she had but didn't have
the time to pump for months before her baby's arrival so thought she
couldn't.  I offered her my condolences for her misinformation and then asked her if
she'd like to try now.  (There was only one other mother in group and her
acquaintance and the one who'd informed her of group).

Long story, short, we put formula in an SNS, offered baby the breast and this
sweetheart latched and suckled away, draining the 2 oz in a short amount of
time.  I looked on with awe and tears as baby touched mom's breast and mom
patted her daughter, cooing to her as if she'd done nothing but breastfeed for the
past 5 mos., I felt so privileged.  Subsequent nursing lasted briefly with
fussiness at breast, and allowing baby the lead in this process agreed upon as
it was all so new.

Mom emailed me late that night with the following:  " I can't thank you
enough for giving me the opportunity to nurse my daughter -----.  She "nursed" 3 oz
tonight successfully without crying or struggling and fell asleep suckling at
my breast.  My eyes were brimming with tears and I felt like I was in a
delicious dream seeing her beautiful face at my breast.  I was afraid to move or
make any noise to disrupt such a profound sense of intimacy......"

We've discussed domperidone which she plans to try, I right away gave her
Darillyn's web info, as well as Karleen's, and she's been breastfeeding (which I
won't put in quotes) 3x/day and loving it, as has baby.  She's talked alot
about the how she never thought of the relationship part of BF and how different
BF is from bottle feeding.

Sorry for the long post, but it's the kind of experience that is the creme de
la creme of helping moms and babies, the experience that compensates for
other frustrations.

Barbara Latterner, BSN, RN, IBCLC
Brewster, NY

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