Jenna Elfman’s breastmilk benefited beyond her boys
Jenna Elfman may just be a mom of two, but she actually produced milk for three boys. The celebrity mom recently shared the story of how her breastmilk benefited another baby.
In an interview with Best for Babes, Jenna opened up about how her struggle to breastfeed her firstborn son Story, now 3, led to her being able to donate her breastmilk to a baby boy in need.
She said:
I had zero education about breastfeeding. I thought you put the baby on the breast and they sucked and that was it.
But because Story had trouble latching, Jenna pumped milk any chance she could … “in the backs of cars, on the way to the set, on the freeway…” and ultimately ended up with a huge supply of frozen breastmilk.
Luckily, she also happen to find someone in need of just that — a family member of a friend had a baby who was addicted to methamphetamine and could not keep formula down. But the baby took to Jenna’s milk with no problem.
Jenna said of this “rewarding” experience:
Once a week my friend would come over and get a supply. The second the baby started on breastmilk, he could hold it down. All of the rash symptoms on his body started going away. I literally kept him alive for several months.
Of that little boy, Jenna said:
In my heart I feel connected to him, like he’s my little angel friend.
Jenna is also mom to son Easton, 8 months.
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