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Can you breast feed a child you did not give birth to? Should you? How do you breastfeed as an adoptive mother or mother through surrogacy? Listen to Dawn’s interview with Alyssa Schnell,  International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and author of Breastfeeding Without Birthing: A Breastfeeding Guide for Mothers through Adoption, Surrogacy, and Other Special CircumstancesBlog summary of the show and highlights can be found here:  Blog summary of the show  Highlights   More Creating a Family resources on breastfeeding without birthing can be found here.

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