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Ten surrogate mothers seen between 1986–91 were encouraged to breastfeed their babies varying in age between 8 days to 5 months. All the 10 surrogate mothers had experienced pregnancy and child birth in the past. The lactational gap varied from 1 year to 16 years. Presence of milk was noted on 3rd to 8th day after attempting induced lactation in 5 mothers. No milk was seen on manual expression of the nipple even after 2 weeks in the other 5 surrogate mothers.
Two mothers achieved complete breast-feeding and they fed their babies for 2 years. Three mothers could achieve partial lactation and these mothers fed for 1 year or more. All these 5 babies registered satisfactory growth.
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Banapurmath, C.R., Banapurmath, S. & Kesaree, N. Successful induced non-peurperal lactation in surrogate mothers. Indian J Pediatr 60, 639–643 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02821725
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