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Breastfeeding, Without Giving Birth - The Atlantic

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What if the parent who breastfeeds doesn’t need to be the parent who gave birth?

While her wife was pregnant with their son, Aimee MacDonald took an unusual step of preparing her own body for the baby’s arrival. First she began taking hormones, and then for six weeks straight, she pumped her breasts day and night every two to three hours. This process tricked her body into a pregnant and then postpartum state so she could make breast milk. By the time the couple’s son arrived, she was pumping 27 ounces a day—enough to feed a baby—all without actually getting pregnant or giving birth. And so, after a 38-hour labor and emergency C-section, MacDonald’s wife could do what many

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