>Although to be honest, I don't see this as being an issue.  One woman of
>a couple gets pregnant (by whatever means) and she gives birth,
>breastfeeding is the same for any other woman, as how does one's
>sexuality have anything to do with breastfeeding (except in those rare
>cases where a woman was sexually abused, and that issue is found within
>both heterosexual and homosexual women).  If one woman gets pregnant and
>nurses and the other woman in the couple wishes to also lactate and
>breastfeed, then this should be treated as adoption breastfeeding.  If
>the baby is adopted and one or both women wish to breastfeed, again,
>adoptive breastfeeding.

Physiologically it is pretty straightforward, what is interesting
is how it actually gets negotiated socially by lesbian couples
and how it is talked about in the lesbian community. It may turn
out that that is pretty straightforward too, but finding that out
and reporting it would make an interesting paper, potentially
publishable, too.
  Naomi Bar-Yam

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