Breastfeeding is absolutely naturala biological process that absolutely does not surprise anyone. But sometimes, due to various circumstances, life develops in such a way that the mother can not feed her baby herself. In most cases, mom simply translates the baby into a baby formula. However, more and more often there is such a phenomenon as a woman breast-feeding another child. Even at the beginning of the last century, nurses were very popular. All ladies from noble families bandaged their breasts immediately after childbirth and trusted the feeding of these women. In our time around this issue is a stormy polemic. Proponents of breastfeeding unanimously affirm that feeding with donor milk is beneficial and does not pose any risk to the health of the child. Pediatricians also warn parents of this decision, arguing that the donor's breast milk can cause serious illness of the baby. Together with breast milk, the baby can be transmitted such diseases as:

• AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndromeperson). Although proponents of feeding with donor milk and lead as a counterargument the fact that the AIDS virus is contained in human milk in minimum quantities and the chances of infecting the child are negligible.
• Viral hepatitis. The risk of transferring the disease to the baby is very, very large.
• Cytomegalovirus is also very often transmitted through breast milk.

Do not forget about this, it would seem,a minor thing, like a microflora in the mouth of a baby, which is as individual as fingerprints. It is likely that, feeding someone else's baby, a woman after some time will find in the mouth of her child unpleasant signs of stomatitis. In addition, doctors - immunologists also strongly oppose that the child is fed with donor milk. They explain their position with the following facts of scientific research. As you know, in the first few days after birth, the woman develops colostrum in her breast. Previously, doctors underestimated the value of colostrum, but the researchers proved that it is the most valuable. Colostrum contains a huge number of immunoglobulins and antibodies vital for the baby, which have a powerful protective effect on the newborn's body, which has not yet adapted to the surrounding new environment. Moreover, in the milk of each particular woman is contained exactly those antibodies, and precisely in the quantities that are necessary for her child. A woman who is breastfeeding another's child, thereby exposing the immature immune system to a toddler with a severe test of unnecessarily unnecessary loads. As a result, the effect is completely opposite to what you want. Almost the same applies to the baby's gastrointestinal tract. As you know, the nutritional content and composition of women's milk is changing daily, as children's needs change. And that milk, which will be useful to a one-year-old baby, can harm a newborn baby. Usually, proponents of feeding with donor milk in response to this fact cite the example of those mothers who feed the children with the so-called "tandem", that is, the older child and the newborn baby. At first glance, this objection seems completely logical: for the health of such children does not suffer from breastfeeding. But it is necessary to take into account one interesting feature of the female body, in particular, the process of lactation. With a new pregnancy, in any case, there is a process of natural extinction of lactation, and immediately begins the process of preparing the body for the birth of a new life and, accordingly, a new lactation. Very often this process is very fast, it can even go unnoticed for the mother herself. But, nevertheless, the organism was reconstructed for the needs of the baby. The only difference from the usual process of lactation in this case is only that more milk is produced, since the breast sucks, and therefore, increase lactation, not one but two children. In the event that you can not feed the child for some time, instead of giving the baby another's milk, prepare your own beforehand, decanting it and freezing it in the refrigerator. At a time when feeding is impossible, constantly express milk from the chest. So you can keep the lactation until a more favorable moment. Even if the lactation has practically ceased, but the desire to breastfeed to feed remains, it is quite possible to restore it, it is not as difficult as it seems. Moreover, if a woman wants to breastfeed her foster child, even in this case (with the fact that the woman did not give birth), it is quite possible to start the lactation process. For the sake of justice, it should be said that breastfeeding a foster child is perhaps the only justified case of using donor milk. Doctors call the process of resumption of lactation by the term "relaxation". In fact, it is quite easy to achieve, it is only necessary to carry out a number of systematic actions, strictly follow the instructions of a doctor or a breastfeeding consultant. However, the process of relaxation will not be described in detail in this material, since each pair "mother-child" is absolutely unique. And requires a careful study of all the features of the situation, the state of health of mother and baby, the age of the child and many other equally important aspects. But even if it was not possible to fix the lactation to the mother, with all the desire, it is not worthwhile to risk the health of your baby and to check on him all the theories, hypotheses and conjectures about feeding the baby with donor milk. Now there is a huge selection of different quality blends. Of course, not one of the best blends is able to replace mother's milk. But donor milk is also not Momino, but the mixture of the baby is guaranteed not to bring any harm. We advise you to read:

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