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Breast Feeding the Adopted Baby
Author(s) -
Hermann Elizabeth
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
birth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.233
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1523-536X
pISSN - 0730-7659
DOI - 10.1111/j.1523-536x.1977.tb01235.x
Subject(s) - lactation , breast feeding , breast milk , medicine , obstetrics , milk production , pregnancy , breastfeeding , gynecology , pediatrics , zoology , biology , biochemistry , genetics
Sixty‐five women nursed adopted babies. Eighteen of the women had never been pregnant, seven had been pregnant but had not lactated, and forty had been pregnant and lactated before. The physiology of this lactation is discussed, along with the factors leading to production of enough breast milk under these circumstances to sustain an infant.