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Breast Feeding Adopted Babies

Not only is breast feeding an adopted baby easy,the chances are that you will produce a largeamount of milk. It isn't complicated to do, although it is different than breast feeding ababy you have been pregnant with for 9 months.

Breast feeding and milkThere are two objectives that are involved inbreast feeding an adopted baby. The first isgetting your baby to breast feed, and the otheris producing enough breast milk.

There is more to breast feeding than just milk,which is why many mothers are happy to feed without expecting to produce milk in the waythe baby needs. It's the closeness and thebond breast feeding provides that many mothers look for.

Taking the breastEven though many feel the early introduction ofbottles may interfere with breast feeding, theearly introduction of artificial nipples caninterfere a great deal. The sooner you can getthe baby to the breast after birth, the better things will be.

Babies will however, require the flow from thebreast in order to stay attached and continueto suck, especially if they are used to gettingflow from a bottle or other method of feeding.

Producing breast milkAs soon as you have an adopted baby in sight,contact a lactation clinic and start gettingyour milk supply ready. Keep in mind, youmay never produce a full milk supply for yourbaby, although it may happen. You shouldnever feel discouraged by what you may bepumping before the baby, as a pump is neverquite as good at extracting milk as a babywho is well latched and sucking.

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