One of my biggest concerns about adopting an infant was that i would not be able to feed her and that would make me feel so sad. I breastfed thomas minutes after he was born and it was amazing to me that i was keeping my baby alive with milk from me. Besides the bonding and attachment that comes with breastfeeding, i cannot put aside the nutrition it offers. There is nothing that replicates breast milk. Also, i cannot imagine getting up in the middle of the night and warming up a bottle. I never used a bottle with Thomas...i didn't have to, the milk was always available and warm.
Sooooo, i thought about it and was extremely motivated by my friend Anna who adopted an infant and brought in her own milk!! It's called adoptive breastfeeding aka, induced lactation. I figured if she could do it i could do it. I've been following the protocol she used and she's been helping me so much (thanks anna!) It's fairly easy...you take a high progesterone birth control pill so your body thinks your pregnant and then a medication called domperidone... you stop the pill about 5 weeks prior to the adoption and keep on the domperidone and then you pump like crazy! Ok, so i'm really praying that i will have milk for this baby...i hope that my "girls" remember that milk was produced before so maybe it'll happen. I'm so overjoyed that this is even an option for me. I won't miss out on feeding my baby and that means everything to me.
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