Many of the adoptive mothers I work with are Muslim.  One of the reasons
they often give for wanting to induce lactation, is that if they adopt a
second baby, and breastfeed that one too, then the "siblings" cannot marry.

Jean Ridler  RN  RM  IBCLC
South Africa   [log in to unmask]




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