After mother dies, a community nurses her son
Here's a heartwarming story from CNN: When a Michigan woman died from a rare amniotic fluid embolism after giving birth to her fourth child, 20 mothers from her community stepped in to nurse the boy.
Nearly a year later, they're still doing it.
I've got to think the bonding and love these women have provided has been as important to this baby as the breast milk itself. It also has me wondering if many of us live in communities where we'd be personal friends with enough nursing women that this would be possible.
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I also came across this story earlier today on CNN. A close friend of mine died a year ago yesterday of an Amniotic Fluid Embolism. Her son is now a thriving one year old. I was brought to tears reading this story and hope that with awareness the medical community can better understand and prevent AFE from taking any more mothers from their children. A support and awareness group has been created by an AFE survivor- http://www.afesupport.org/. I am also a strong believer in breastfeeding for both the health and emotional benefits and think what these women did for Moses is priceless.
Posted by: Stacey | December 1, 2009 7:31 PM