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"Lisa Marasco, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 2 Sep 1996 17:09:29 -0400
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>>If the adopting mom wants to induce lactation or use formula in a
supplementing device, good for her!  If she were my client, I'd discourage
her from involving her friend, because the relationships could become very,
very complicated.<<

I agree with Linda Smith. And, I would like to add an unsubstantiated
anecdote that I picked up through LLL several years ago: the suggestion that
mothers who are at the tail end of lactation are *not* in a better position
to relactate. I can't remember the specific source and would need to dig back
into my papers, but I remember this proposed fact clearly because a co-leader
was at the time nursing a toddler and considering adoption and relactation to
a full supply.  During her period of consideration, an article was published
[Leaven?] that stated that she would have a better chance of bringing in a
full milk supply if her nursing toddler were totally weaned first...........
  again, I can't defend this, but I hope to eventually find this article and
track the statements back to their source. In the meantime, it may be of help
in talking to the adopting mom to mention that this plan may not work so well
after all.

-Lisa Marasco, BA,  LLLL, IBCLC

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