>A twist on this is...I recently had an adoptive mom who wanted to
>breastfeed. She had a written contract with the birth mom and had
>already started to pump to induce lactation. the neonatologist said "not
>a good idea until the adoption is final, might cause the adoptive mom to
>become too attached." seems we are hellbent on making sure babies that
>get adopted get no breastmilk, from either of their moms.

...And we certainly don't want anyone to become *attached* to the little
ones. >:[

Patricia Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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