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Lactation Aids - Supplementers

A lactation aid is a device used to deliver a supplement to breastmilk through a tube that runs down the breast to the nipple. The baby nurses as usual, getting the benefit of breastmilk and close intimacy, and the volume to satisfy her hunger. Adoptive mothers may never need a supplementer, but some use one at some point during the nursing period, and others the entire time they nurse. Two commercial supplementers are Lact-Aid and Medela SNS

Adoption-Related Resources

There are many online communities - chat rooms, message forums, email lists - for nursing mothers are filled with pregnancy-related discussions which can be uncomfortable for adoptive mothers.

Thankfully, advocates are a gregarious and outspoken lot, and advocates of adoptive breastfeeding are no different. Here are several resources gathered from around the Net, and please feel free to submit a site you think should be added to this list. Again, a note that the general breastfeeding information combined with the adoption-specific resources will give you the broadest base of knowledge.

Web Sites Adoption and Breastfeeding Information and Support, from a lactation educator and adoptive mother of six who breastfed all six. Adoptive Breastfeeding Resource Website, from Four Friends Breastfeeding Your Adopted Baby, Jack Newman, MD Gabriella's Arrival, a personal story of adoptive breastfeeding with good links to products she found helpful Induced Lactation, written specifically for non-biological mothers, by Barbara Wilson-Clay, BSE, IBCLC Induced Lactation and Adoptive Breastfeeding, conference notes from Kelly's Attachment Parenting page. Personal Stories compiled by La Leche League, written by adoptive mothers who have nursed infants and toddlers Preparing to Nurse our Baby, an adoptive mother's personal account Selecting a Breast Pump from Breastpumps, etc., describes features of pumps recommended for adoptive mothers Community Adoptive Breastfeeding Forum at AdoptionForums.com Adoption and Breastfeeding Board at Parentsplace.com Adoptive Breastfeeding Resource Website Board

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