Catrina Lavoie never gave a second thought to her decision to breast-feed when she became pregnant with twins.
She successfully nursed her daughter, so she had no qualms about going the same route with the twin boys. But the young mother often got comments from people, including her pediatrician, who couldn't believe she would attempt to feed two babies at the same time. You'll never make enough milk, her doctor said during one visit, before suggesting Lavoie use formula.
But for Lavoie, the choice to breast-feed felt like the right thing to do for her baby boys, and she did not want to give up, despite her doctor's suggestion. She remembered the Women Infants and Children office had a lactation consultant and gave them a phone call. The woman she spoke with told her it was definitely possible to nurse twins as long as they were healthy, and had Wendy Jordan, the lactation coordinator, call her back.
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