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I am an adoptive mother of 2 kids and I induced lactation and breast fed my oldest for 2 weeks. (I had milk supply issues, that's why I stopped. Congrats that you don't have those issues!) We had a good relationship with her birthmother and we were in the hospital when she was born and brought her home. I know that I would have felt really weird not telling her birthmom of my breastfeeding plans. And, in the hospital, they push the baby to start eating right away. If you start with a bottle, it may be harder to get the baby to go to the breast when you get home.
In our case, her birthmom was really supportive and actually helped me with our latching on issues. I think you should tell the birthmom as soon as you can. You certainly don't want any new issues coming up in the hospital-its such an emotional time as it is. I'm sure your birthmom will be happy that you are making such a healthy choice for her baby.
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