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Well, I just lost a big long post I had been writing, so I will try to sum it up! Basically, I can assure you that you can succeed at nursing an adopted baby without using medication, because I have done it, and worked with many other moms who have! I have nursed six adopted babies, the last four of whom I nursed until they self-weaned, at an average of two years old. Essentially, I did it by nursing on demand, with the Lact-Aid. I did allow an occasional bottle, but always made sure that they nursed the vast majority of the time, including at night. I started producing drops of milk pretty quickly, and then continued building, gradually. I used fenugreek and fennel, starting with my fifth, because I didn't know anything about it earlier. It takes quite a lot of it, but it does help. I had to continue supplementing until they were taking other foods and liquids, but they were very healthy, and the nurturing benefits were the best thing of all! I tried Reglan, which i felt gave me a little more milk, but the depression it caused was no where near worth it, so I quit. There were a few other drugs I tried, in the 80s and early 90s, but none helped me, or were found to be helpful, in general. I would have tried domperidone, had I had access to it, but had no way to get it until after my last child had weaned, in 1997. That is the only drug I am convinced is safe and effective enough to recommend its use, but it is by no means a necessity. It is especially helpful if you are trying to get a milk supply going in advance, by pumping. Very few moms can pump more than drops just from pumping, even though most of those start producing ounces once they get a baby suckling. Pumps don't have the emotional effects on prolactin production that babies do. Domperidone increases prolactin without the emotional effect. Well, my battery is dying, but here is a link to some more that I have written on the subject. [url=http://www.fourfriends.com/abrw/Darillyn%27s/dc.htm]Darillyn's[/url]Good luck!