Group Cross Nursing

Some of the women who are group cross nursing mother-less infant Moses

Some of the women who are group cross nursing mother-less infant Moses

I just ran across this incredible story of a baby who is being nursed by a number of different women in a community after his mother died in childbirth. The mother died from an amniotic fluid embolism, which is a very rare and deadly complication of childbirth.

The grieving father was not sure how he was going to feed his son because he was not able to readily obtain breastmilk. He was then approached by a friend of the family who was still nursing her one year old daughter and she offered to nurse his son. The astute father agreed and then a number of other women in the community worked together to come up with a nursing schedule and they all take turns feeding little Moses.

According to The Mining Journal:

“”These women are advocates of breast feeding,” [the father] said.

A schedule was put together with feeding times at 9 a.m., noon, 1:30 , 4 , 6:30 and 8 p.m. Six times a day a different mother has been feeding Moses for the past two months. During the night, [dad] bottle-feeds his son breast milk that was pumped by the women.

“What amazes me is they are so committed,” Fraire [the original donor] said. “They would do it for anyone because they believe in this. They didn’t take it lightly and they don’t miss a day.”

[Dad] added: “It’s commitment, passion – it’s love. It’s an act of love.”

What these women are doing “is an example of group cross-nursing,” [dad] explained. “It’s organized. That’s what you don’t find anymore.”"

This is an incredible, inspiring story of community and the commitment to breastfeed. I can only hope that something like this could happen for Bianca if something were to happen to me.

Image Source and full article at: Miningjournal.net

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