Someone who has stopped breastfeeding their child, recently or in the past, can resume the production of חלב אם for her own or an adopted infant, even without a further pregnancy. The experience of מניקה מחדש varies greatly from one person to another, אך רבים הצליחו במאמציהם.

Re-lactation can be desired in many situations such as the illness of a young child or the lactating parent, intolerance to artificial milk, emergency situations, or the death of the lactating parent. Re-lactation can be a potentially life-saving measure.¹

נא עיין משאבים מקומיים לפרטים נוספים ותמיכה.

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1. ארגון הבריאות העולמי. 1998. Relactation: A review of experience and recommendations for practice ↩︎