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Thank you for requesting to join MilkShare! We are happy to have you. Inappropriate requests are not tolerated and forums are carefully moderated. Please read our guidelines for safer sharing at www.milkshare.com. If you are seeking milk, we request that you please help to keep MilkShare alive by contributing $20 via Paypal to yaaykhadi@gmail.com prior to posting. Thousands of families have used MilkShare to donate or receive milk for their babies. We believe that this community is preserving an age old practice and giving more babies the best nutrition possible. Thank you for contributing to our success!
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About to adopt newborn - need donor milk - Toledo, OH area

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Post by adoptingmom Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:38 pm

My husband and I were unable to have children and pursued adoption. We just found out that a birthmother due in less than 2 weeks has chosen us to be the parents of her soon-to-arrive baby! She lives near Toledo, Ohio, and the baby will be born in a suburb of Toledo. We would like to find a donor who could ideally provide us with fresh milk for the baby so as soon as the baby is born it will be breast-milk fed and never go on formula. We will be in Ohio for about 10 days after birth while the adoption paperwork is handled, so it would be great if you are local and we could get together in person.

More about the baby's medical situation:

The birthfather has Type-1 diabetes and injects insulin 2x daily. Our OB-GYN here in NYC who reviewed the medical records said that this means our adopted baby will be at higher risk of developing diabetes, too, and that cow's milk formula is a known trigger for babies with high risk! I asked the birthmother if she would be willing to pump and ship but she wants to put the pregnancy and adoption behind her.

I found this milksharing group through a wonderful nurse and lactation consultant - I called to ask her if there was any way for me to induce lactation. Unfortunately, due to my pituitary gland issues and medication I am taking, she advised against it, plus it would take longer than we have - the baby could arrive any day!

Please help if you can. We are happy to pay for supplies and shipping and medical screening tests. The lactation consultant said that breast milk naturally changes composition as time goes on to provide the perfect nutrition for each age of the baby, so she recommended that we at least *try* to find a fairly new mother as her milk would be the best for a newborn nutritionally. However, if that is not possible we still believe any breast milk would be better than formula!

We want to give this baby the best possible start in life, and it breaks our hearts that we may be making it sick with something as terrible as Type 1 diabetes if we feed the baby formula.

If you are anywhere near Toledo, Ohio, and can help, please contact me.

Lastly, THANK YOU! Those two words are inadequate to express our gratitude.

adoptingmom

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