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In reply to the discussion: Homemade baby formula is NOT safe or recommended [View all]vanlassie
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Many adoptive mothers believe that getting their adoptive baby to take comfort suckling at the breast (which then can stimulate milk) is a success even if the baby continues to feed on close to 100% formula. I guess you can imagine why! Statistics are not available to give you. In places where there have been disasters, such as the Haiti earthquake, mothers often were able to manage to decrease the need for formula which was vital at the time. And we know of mothers who have been able to produce close to full supplies. Some mothers are able to donate liters of extra milk to milk banks and some barely make enough (sometimes because of mismanagement unfortunately). It varies. There are legitimate reasons some mothers cant produce milk. Its thought to be less than 5%.