See mum who allow 5 strangers to breastfeed her baby when she fell ill

Ronja Wiedenbeck, 26, was suddenly taken ill and put on strong medication which left her unable to feed 11-month-old Rio Ronja Wiedenbeck br...

Ronja Wiedenbeck, 26, was suddenly taken ill and put on strong medication which left her unable to feed 11-month-old Rio

Ronja Wiedenbeck breast feeding her son Rio before she suddenly took ill

 A mum let five complete strangers breastfeed her baby son while she was treated in hospital - after making a Facebook appeal for volunteer 'wet nurses'.

Ronja Wiedenbeck, 26, was suddenly taken ill and put on strong medication which left her unable to feed 11-month-old Rio.

The worried single mum-of-two went onto the 'Breastfeeding Yummy Mummies' Facebook group from her hospital bed asking for women to help feed her son.

Within an hour a stranger was by her hospital bed nursing little Rio, who won't drink milk from a bottle or formula and has a mix of breast milk and solid foods.

Ronja was put on strong medication which left her unable to feed 11-month-old Rio

 And she was reduced to tears of joy as she was bombarded with nearly 1,000 offers from women all over the country offering to feed him.

During her stay in hospital last week, five different women fed healthy and happy Rio - with two even taking him home to nurse him throughout the day.

Ronja, who was at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, said: "I was pumped full of morphine and it seemed instinctive for someone to feed him in a way that he has been used to and he's comfortable with.

"When he was about to be fed by the first lady he looked over at me, almost to ask for approval, it filled my heart with such joy and massive relief.

Baby Rio has been breastfed by five strangers after his mum was unable to feed him

 "I'm so grateful and totally overwhelmed with the response to the message.

"It is such a loving and selfless act and incredibly heart warming to see."

Amateur model Ronja, also mum to six-year-old Lily Eve, has suffered with ovarian cysts throughout her life and was rushed to hospital from her home in Penzance, Cornwall, last Sunday, April 3, in extreme pain.

She was given morphine and anti-sickness drugs which make it impossible for her to safely feed her son, and put a shout out to other mums on Facebook.

Rachel Richardson was one of the mums who came forward to breastfeed Rio

Jo Statham, pictured breastfeeding baby Rio, was one of thousands of people to respond to the ad

 Mum-of-three Michelle Netherton, 28, from Truro, breastfed Rio in the hospital the day after Ronja posted her appeal.

The full-time mum, who has son Johan, four, Ruben, 21 months and

Malachi, 20 weeks, said: "When I saw the post I thought 'poor baby'. I wanted to help because I would never see a baby go hungry.

"I am constantly pumping off excess milk so it was nice for it to go to a baby.

Fiona Tupper breast feeding baby Rio, left, and her own daughter, right

Michelle Netherton breastfed Rio in the hospital the day after Ronja posted her appeal

 "I was a bit nervous that he might cry and not latch on, but he didn't mind whose boob it was - as long as it was a boob!

"It's amazing to hear the amount of people who have helped or offered to help Ronja - that's mummy power for you."

Ronja is now at home and able to feed while doctors are carrying out further tests.

Ronja's friend is fundraising £200 to help pay the travel costs of local mums picking up and dropping off Rio at hospital and home, and perhaps continue the service.

Leigh Anne Fearn breastfeeding baby Rio after his mum was on strong medication and unable to