Sometimes I meet a non-gestational parent for whom inducing lactation is not a fit for their body or their life. The good news is that lactation is not the only way a parent and their baby can benefit from the comfort and connection of a breastfeeding relationship or the ideal nutrition and immunities of human milk. Let's break it down...

BREASTFEEDING = BREAST + FEEDING

Latching baby at the BREAST without making milk

Comfort nursing. Non-lactating parents can latch their baby at their breast for comfort without any flow of milk, much as they would use a pacifier. Honestly, the breast was the original pacifier! Just as not every baby is interested in taking pacifier, not every baby is interested in comfort nursing. You may need to meet your baby before you know whether comfort nursing will interest them.

Even if your baby may be interested in comfort nursing, they will quickly become frustrated if offered latching at your breast (without flow) if they are hungry....