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When Susan Goodrich, 46, of Marquette, Michigan, died of a amniotic fluid embolism, she left her son, Moses, without the breast milk that both her and her husband, Robbie, deemed so important.
Through a series of events, the grieving father was connected with a group of breastfeeding mothers who selflessly offered to feed his newborn son.
In the months that followed his mother's death, Moses was feed on a rotating schedule by over 2 dozen of these women, many part of local a breastfeeding support group, the Yooper Nursers.
Moses is now a healthy, happy 6 month old who is still visited 5 times a day by these nursing mothers. They plan to continue the current arrangement until he is 1 year old.
Robbie Goodrich is well aware of the benefits these women are giving his son. "The thing that I've come to appreciate the most is the nurturing aspect, It's the love. That's the most important thing. Maybe he would have been a happy child anyway. But he's held multiple hours throughout the day in a mother's arms. ... No one can tell me that's not just as important as the milk."
Many people feel uncomfortable with the idea of woman who is not the child's mother nursing an infant. The fact is, breast milk is still a much better choice than formula, regardless of it's source.
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