Kourtney and Kim Kardashian
By KATE HUNTER
Now, not for a second am I suggesting we use the Kardashians as our mothering role models, but it is interesting and fun to talk about. So let’s.
In a nutshell, Kourtney, serene mother of two, says she’ll be happy to babysit little sister Kim’s baby when he or she arrives.
YAY. Not only that, she’ll pop baby on her boob if Kim gets held up launching a perfume or going to the Grammys or doing whatever it is that Kardashians do.
This would have been just lovely if Kim hadn’t been … grossed out by the offer.
This from the UK press:
Kim, who turned down the idea as ‘disgusting’, revealed the suggestion during an interview on the Today Show in the US.
‘Kourtney said to me, “In the old days, and maybe we should try this, one sister should babysit all the kids, so I can go out or vice-versa, and whichever sister is babysitting should just breastfeed all the kids that are there” ‘
I never thought I’d be on the same page as Kim Kardashion (to be honest, I couldn’t pick her out of a lineup) but on this one, I’m right with her.
Is there a need for musical breastfeeding anymore?
While acknowledging the valuable role of wet nurses throughout history, and community feeding of babies in many cultures; I’m saying that now, in a place where there are mobile phones (‘Your baby is screaming her head off, come home NOW!’) there’s no need for musical boobs.
Unless it’s the absolute last resort, I reckon, keep your boobs to yourself and your baby.
At the very least, ASK PERMISSION before you offer them to someone else’s kid.
As ever, clear communication is key – wasn’t it lucky the Kardashian girls cleared up this little awkwardness on television before an ill-placed nipple caused family tension? Phew.
Thinking about it, maybe Kourtney was being clever making her, ‘I’ll breastfeed ALL the kids who happen to be at my house that day’ statement. Perhaps she knew Kimmy was squeamish about that kind of thing, and her strategy was a sure fire way to stay OFF the babysitting roster.
Klever Kourtney.
How would you feel about breastfeeding someone else’s baby?
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105 Comments so far
Ergh. Prudes, prudes everywhere.
I see it as nothing more than a beautiful gesture from sister to sister, a kind and selfless offer. Kim might think its gross now, but wait until she’s sleep deprived and has a screaming hungry baby while she is trying to do a public appearance. Pretty sure her attitude will probably change fairly quickly.
If I were in a position to, I would happily breast feed for my sister if she weren’t able to. I would be a surrogate for her if she needed also. People do this, we need not be judgemental and say whether or not its right or wrong, but acknowledge that some people are comfortable with that, and more power to them.
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I didn’t really like breastfeeding my own child, so there is very, very little chance I would breastfeed another. Given my own indifferent feelings to it, I wouldn’t ask anyone else to breastfeed my baby either.
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Gosh everyone, while we are sipping on our lattes here, don’t you think we should have a chat to all the mummy cows who made our bovine milky drink which doesn’t gross us out….. this conversation is cultural.
I also ate some snails in France once – to be honest after most of a bottle of red wine to help get the slimy garden variety out of my head – it’s fine once you adapt your thinking.
Sorry to say it, but our culture is uptight about boobs and fluids and sex. Illness transmission aside.
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Certainly not for me but I think if you had the parents consent (Mother AND Father) then I don’t really see an issue.
I’d rather do the BF myself or go to formula than someone elses feeding my baby, not sure why just feels wrong, but then I needed some transfusions when I gave birth and I did not want some strangers blood in me so I had to wait for my Dad to give blood and be screened.
I think it probably makes a difference if it family.
But if you think its all good, go for it I say
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I couldn’t even breastfeed my own, so kudos to her for being able to do not only her own, but offering it up for Kim’s bub! It does make me feel a little icky when I first think about it, but when I question “why” it’s icky, I can’t seem to come to any reasonable conclusion … it’s food for a baby, she has it, the baby needs it … what’s the problem? If it was her can of formula she was sharing, no-one would say a word, so why say anything about breastmilk? I think what’s more the issue / concern is that Kim Kardashian is multiplying at all …
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Well said and my thoughts exactly… on ALL points!
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The Kardashians are talking about breastfeeding…that is great news!! How many millions of young impressionable girls watch them, dress like them and try to act like them? No matter what the responses to joint feeding is, they are breastfeeding!! Let’s hope all these young women get the message that breast is best!!!
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I donate milk to the milk bank at KEMH in Perth. I had to have a bloodtest to check for STDs and I am due to have another one now (3 months later). There are a few rules that are common sense really, if you have an alcoholic drink then wait a few hours before expressing and no more than 3 cups of tea or coffee per day. For the people worried about bad diet/too much alcohol etc – remember I am feeding my baby too.
I wouldn’t have a problem feeding someone elses baby or someone feeding mine. It’s just milk. You wouldn’t refuse a blood transfusion on the grounds that it was someone elses blood…why the problem with milk?
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Hi Ness73, I think milk banks are awesome and so are the people who donate to them. And of course, if both mums are up for it, cross feeding seems a brilliant plan. I was just saying I wouldn’t do it (maybe more fool me) and in the case of the K sisters, one of them used the term ‘gross’ so possibly not for them either
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I was told in the hospital when I had my first baby that one of the best things about breast milk was that it provided the exact nutrients that the baby needed according to their age. Does anyone know if this is true? If it is true then another mothers breastmilk wouldn’t be as beneficial?
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Ive wondered that for ages too. A woman in my mothers group breastfed her 1yo while pregnant and continued breastfeeding the 1yo and the newborn. That confused me because I thought a newborns breastmilk needs woild be different to a toddler??
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Absolutely! My girls were born at 27 weeks when my sister-in-law was still breastfeeding my niece. She offered to donate some milk to feel like she was helping in such a stressful situation which was very generous but the nurses said her milk would be too rich for my babies and in fact whatever watery drops I could express (they were on 2ml feeds at the time!) would be correct for their gestational age. Mother nature is very clever
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When I was a young mother in 1985,we expressed our extra milk in the maternity ward and it was given to premmie babies whose mothers were unable to feed them. By the time I had number 2 in 1987 they had stopped this practice due to transmission of HIV.
That would be my only objection.
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Although, if it was your own sister this probably wouldn’t be an issue, as you would hopefully know if they were at risk of contracting HIV. Hopefully.
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I was having trouble feeding one of my twins years ago. My sister said “let me try”. She did and she was successful. Didn’t make me feel any better though. We have different shaped nipples! Okay for some but not for me!
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I absolutely would if one of my girlfriends or sister asked me too. An occasional feed would not affect the bond of mum n bub.
During early weeks of breastfeeding both my children when my nipples were cracked bleeding red raw I would love to have had a friend or sister offer to feed my baby for one feed to give my breasts a break.
Not disgusting at all. I think its a beautiful and perfectly natural thing to do.
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I would have no issues with trusted friends or family breastfeeding my child if needed. Communication is key here though. I would prefer him to have another’s breast milk in a pinch rather than formula, though he gobbles up anything!
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I’m ok with this in the instance of close friends or family. Would be curious to know what Kochie thinks of this one!
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I literally just heard about Kochie’s comments, and am trying to watch them now.
I guess he wouldn’t mind if it wasn’t in a “high traffic area”, or they were “being a bit classy about it”.
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I saw this link on a friend’s FB:
http://www.facebook.com/events/120818754756350/
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I think he would be ok with it as long as it was done “discreetly”‘
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Can anyone shed some medical light on the spreading of disease through breastmilk?
My opinion would be solely based around if it was possibly to spread anything to the baby via breastmilk – if it could then no way not even from my sister who I am best friends with.
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I’m fairly sure (though happy to be corrected) that the only diseases you’d need to be worried about are Hep C and HIV. And even in those cases, it’s still bloody unlikely that the baby would contract the illness. I’m reasonably sure those are the diseases that are tested for when mothers give breastmilk to milk banks. I know it’s not the same, but in countries in Africa, women who are HIV+ are still encouraged to breastfeed their babies, because the chance of the baby contracting HIV through being breastfed is way, way less likely than the baby becoming ill from being fed formula that was made with unsterilised water.
In first world countries, the more likely concern is if the mother had consumed alcohol, or drugs, or *gasp* McDonalds before the milk went to another baby. Obviously you don’t want your baby getting breast milk from someone addicted to methadone (although on the other hand, mothers who take methadone are strongly encouraged to breastfeed their babies, even though it is understood that a small amount of the drug will pass through the milk), but if it’s your sister or best friend, you would hope that you know about this…
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I think its ALL Hepatitis you have to be worried about, not just hep c, but I could be wrong. The chance of passing on most illnesses is ridiculously small, but I think (again, I’m not certain) that the risk of passing on HIV is actually high, assuming the milk is coming from an infected person of course! But things like the flu or something are not a concern, as the amount that goes through the breast milk is so insignificant and actually help the babies produce antibodies to these illnesses. If a breast feeding mother gives her child a cold its not from the breast milk but rather the physical closeness and it being passed through the air, same risk as a formula fed baby.
Or so I’ve read.
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Totally no big deal!! Better for the baby than formula!!
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Formula has a wonderful place in society. Please don’t bash it or start a breast is best argument.
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Sorry but we are all aware breast is best. This is not an opinion but a fact. However, had I been unable to feed my children I would definately had reservations about letting someone else do it. I really can’t even explain why. If it was a choice between someone else breastfeeding my child and formula…..formula it would be!!
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I agree orly?
When my baby was dehydrated and starving because of breastfeeding giving her formula was the best thing.
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Not comfortable with it. Smells like a bit of one upmanship to, I can mother your child better than you can.
Breastfeeding is an intimate time between mother and baby and I wouldnt want another womans nipple in my childs mouth. Even if she was my sister.
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Not comfortable with it. Smells like a bit of one upmanship to me, I can mother your child better than you can.
Breastfeeding is an intimate time between mother and baby and I wouldnt want another womans nipple in my childs mouth. Even if she was my sister.
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We lived in Malaysia when I was a baby and my Malaysian-Indian nanny breastfed me. My mother didn’t know until she walked in one day and saw her. She had a baby daughter the same age as me and she came to work with her. My mum was fine with it and I was certainly happy. I still have fond memories of her to this day.
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I have Breastfed a friends son. It was dire circumstance, and she asked me (or perhaps I offered, I don’t remember). I popped over to their house when she was in hospital and fed him his midday feed ( she was having a spinal op) and that was that. Was a little strange, but no more odd than drinking from a different species!
I would hope if I had a special needs son who couldn’t feed from a bottle and I couldn’t be there that one of my friends would do the same for me…
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To be fair, Kourtney didn’t say that her and Kim should do this. She said that this is what mothers used to do “back in the day”. And when Kim asked her if that would freak her out she said no.
But even if she had said she’d want to do it, I see nothing wrong with it. Breastfeeding for me was a bloody (sometimes literally) nightmare. Couldn’t produce nearly enough to feed a mouse let alone a baby so I was spending every moment I could trying to pump out a few mls and baking and eating special cookies to try to produce milk. Would’ve loved to have a sister or close friend be able to feed my child even just one of the times I couldn’t. That being said, I realise from the article the other day that some people are squeamish about breastfeeding at all so I can see why this would seem odd to them.
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My sisters told me at Christmas that one of them breastfeed the others child for a short period. I thought I was a fairly open minded individual. What did I do…..did the “No way!!!!!!!!” reaction. I have now had time to think about it. I still say “No way!!!!!!!”. Why? Breastfeeding is intimate. It is a chance to bond with your child. Noone else should interfere in this….even for convienience. That is why they made breast pumps and bottles!
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But breastfeeding happens multiple times a day, for weeks, months or years on end. I don’t see how the occasional breastfeed from someone else would have much of an impact on bonding.
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Yeah, I know that it’s a bonding thing, but I’m pretty sure they’re not going to automatically bond with someone else after a random feed.
Similar to people carrying on against childcare – I’ve never seen any of the kids be confused as to who their Mum is.
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Back in the 70s my Mum breastfed a gorgeous little Japanese baby while she was in hospital after having my brother. His Mum was in a coma and she had a heap of milk and had no problem with it. In the picture it looks like she has very mismatched twins!
I really don’t see what the big deal is.
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That is gorgeous! Good on your mom!
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I guess mothers reject this idea mainly because as some have mentioned earlier, breastfeeding is a special moment between the mother and her baby and we would like to keep this special bonding session just between us.
Another poster said what’s the big deal, it’s only milk. It comes down to my first point, if it was expressed milk in a bottle, then it would be a completely different issue. We won’t make a fuss about our baby being bottlefed with expressed milk.
I have never enjoyed the breastfeeding itself. The part that I enjoy and miss is the moment when I cuddled my bundle of joy in my arm and seeing his contented face as he went to slumber (that was the only way to get him to sleep). Call me selfish but I want to be the “special” one to my baby.
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I was offered a friend’s expressed milk when I was having trouble expressing enough to feed my first while I was at work. While I was able to actually breast feed no problem I did not respond to a pump and was unable to pump enough to leave for the three feeds a day required at childcare. I was very gratful for the offer but politely declined as I too couldnt quite imagine giving my child someone elses milk and I knew that the quantity needed was only going to increase and increase and increase as my child was a big eater and I didn’t want to put the burden of feeding onto someone else (when she could be helping sick or premie babies who needed it more). Instead my bub had formula whilst at day care. HOWEVER I think it is sad that I did feel that way. She is a trusted friend who I know does not put anything into her body that would negatively affect her children. It is very sad that something so normal only 100 years ago is labeled ‘disgusting’. The fact that only this week a mother was forced to leave a pool because she was feeding her daughter shows just how far down the wrong track our society has gone and that is what I find ‘disgusting’. We are lucky to have formula as an option so that babies don’t have to starve – but that doesn’t change the fact that the best thing possible for our children – both nutritionally and because of extra anti-bodies – is breastmilk. Kudos to Kourtney for doing her part to normalise breast feeding.
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Love this comment, thanks anon for this
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I think it’s a little bit different if it was your sister offering. I wouldn’t JUMP at the idea but if my sister had to breastfeed my baby for whatever reason I wouldn’t have a problem with it. I doubt I would let anyone else do it though. I dunno, maybe it’s the same family thing that makes me feel ok with my sister… not sure.
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If you’re not going to be around JUST EXPRESS and leave a bottle for the carer.
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It’s not always as easy as JUST EXPRESSING. Some mothers have diffculty. I would rather my baby be given beast milk over cow’s milk.
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I’d rather my baby be given breast milk than beast milk
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Many humans end up drinking beast milk anyway….cow, goat….
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I have no problems with this at all. I remember Salma Hayek breastfed a baby at a feeding station in Africa as it was starving and the baby’s mother was unable to produce enough milk. What a storm in a tea cup that was. I thought it was a beautiful thing to do.
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I’m not a mother and I don’t have a sister so I can only come at this from the point of view of a grown up child…
I’d be extremely grossed out if I knew that one of my aunties had breast fed me. There would not be enough wine in the world to cover THAT conversation with my mother.
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No matter what you think of the Kardashians, they do influence a lot of young women and the fact that they are breastfeeding at all is a good thing. I’ve viewed many US online parenting forums and for many women, breastfeeding is not the preferred approach. And I know that not everyone CAN breastfeed, but I’m talking about women who have never even tried and don’t plan to, because they think it’s gross or too much effort or because formula is obviously better because scientists have developed it to include everything babies need.
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Scientists? I just can’t get an image of a real scientist working at Nestle….. I’ve even stopped eating Nestle chocolate because they were so budget they switched to palm sugar which has a weird texture to it.
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How you think formula was developed? It’s a bit more complicated than nesquick
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People who don’t even try do my head in. I realise there are woman who can’t for health reasons, but other than that I don’t understand why women don’t at least attempt it. If you do it for three weeks and decide it’s not working, well at least that three weeks is better than nothing. Also I have found that a lot of people who had trouble breast feeding their first child find it easier with the second, so I suggest woman who had trouble once don’t rule it out. If it doesn’t work out you’ve lost nothing.
If they can’t do it that’s fine, but those silly people that just choose not to, because of stupid reasons like they think formula is better or they think bottle feeding is easier confuse the heck out of me. WHY would you want to spend all that money on formula if you can feed them FOR FREE!!! Also, I would be seriously annoyed at having to worry about keeping bottles sterilised and at the right temperature and such. Don’t have to worry about that when you can breast feed. I won’t judge women who have to bottle feed, but I don’t understand those who think it’s easier, without ever trying the alternative.
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I think it’s a little immature to just brand the whole idea ‘disgusting’.
Personally, I prefer the idea of breast milk to formula, but letting my baby drink straight from another woman’s breast is not for me. Not because it’s disgusting, because it’s a very intimate thing that I would rather (maybe selfishly) keep between him and I. Not that my hungry little baby would care where it was coming from. If I was unable to breastfeed and had another woman’s expressed milk available, I’d use it.
I couldn’t care less what anyone else’s babies are doing though. If people want to get together and swap babies for breastfeeding that’s up to them.
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My mother breastfed my first child while I was stuck in the dentists chair…even though I had left a bottle for him. She actually said ‘big deal, he was crying what did you want me to do?’ umm give him the bottle maybe! I was only 21, but so outraged by this. She was a young mum and grandma, and she had actually had a baby herself only a year earlier. I have never forgiven her, and we no longer speak (not just over this incident).
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Yes, you raise the important point of permission. Check with the mother first!
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If required (or on the odd occasion if it was extremely convenient) I’d happily breast feed my sister’s babies and would be happy for her to do the same.
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I dont have kids… yet. But i would honestly not see a problem with it, its just milk.
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Never watched the show, but it’s hard to believe a family babysitting arrangement will be necessary with the full-time nanny and other staff!
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I’m pretty sure Kourtney doesnt use a nanny. And I do watch the show.
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I cant say im a huge kardashian fan, but Kourtney is one of the most dedicated and loving mothers ive ever seen. Her life revolves around her kids.
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Of course she does, and I watch the show too. You just never see her like the PA’s and chefs and house cleaners. You know there there, we just dont see them.
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I watch the show too, and she does appear to be a devoted wonderful mother. I guess with their level of wealth we expect everything to be outsourced like most other celebrities. I’m pleasantly surprised she’s breastfeeding at all – i expected her to have a night nanny!
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I’m so relieved to see all the positive comments to breastfeed sharing.
If a baby is hungry, a baby is hungry!
Most mums would used their own expressed milk if they knew in advanced they had to be out, but expressing is not the same as direct from the source. Some mothers just can’t get enough by pumping but have a plethora of milk which babies suck easily from the breast. Also some babies won’t take bottles.
I’m just amazed that on one extreme people are put out with public breastfeeding and on the other hand are not put out by breast milk sharing.
Glad to see the tides are turning.
I’m also glad to see that someone as prominent in the media as the Kardishans (not that they should be role models) are speaking up about something in their country- USA which makes the majority of them squeamish,
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My main thought is that I seemed to have just enough milk for my own bubs, if they fed from me every time. Every drink of water or formula feed if they had chucked up breast milk seemed to make my supply dwindle.
I’d want to feed my own kids for that reason, but yes I also do feel squeamish about feeding other people’s babies! Normally very open-minded, but it’s just not a path I’d think of going down. And because of the supply issue would never want it done regularly.
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Once again, Kim K makes me roll my eyes. But Kate, I did love your last paragraph.
If a close friend or sibling was willing to share her milk on an occasion when my child needed it, and we had talked about it in advance, I think that’s lovely. Not weird or disgusting at all.
I wonder if some of the people who’re disturbed by this are worried that their child might bond with another woman other than themselves? (assuming that there are no concerns over the breastfeeder’s health or lifestyle that could affect the quality of the milk).
Personally, one reason I’m not a subscriber to attachment parenting is because I think it’s wonderful if my child can form meaningful bonds with other people in its life, such as aunts and close friends.
I feel confident that my baby is going to bond with me, as it’s rare for children not to, if they are loved and cared for. But I don’t want my child to feel like I’m the only one in the world they can feel safe with.
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No. Just no. Breastfeeding is strictly between my son and I. Apart from anything else, breast milk is a body fluid. I wouldnt let him be exposed to your blood or vomit, so why your milk.
Two friends of mine had babies at the same time. One had a huge supply, the other not enough to keep up with her baby. To them the logical choice was for the overflowing one to donate milk to the other to supp feed her baby. For me the Logical choice would have been buying a tin of formula and supp feeding with that.
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LOL, I don’t think blood, vomit and breastmilk are quite comparable. Firstly because I don’t think communicable diseases are present in breastmilk.
I comp fed and never had enough supply. Would have been ten times happier for a friends EBM than formula.
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I don’t think these are comparable either – would you expose your kid to your vomit or blood?
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Errrrr yes it can….HIV, hepatitis etc, as the lady above mentions, it is a bodily fluid. if the lady has taken medication or had alcohol baby gets that too.
A friends newborn was given to the wrong mum in hospital. Took 3 months to get the all clear.
My breast milk is for my children alone.
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That is misinformation LuLu.
Hepatitis A and B are not found in breastmilk. Hepatitis B can be, but its transmission is very, very rare .
My memory of HIV is that the risk of infection is very low and that mothers with HIV are encouraged to breastfeed.
Regardless, we aren’t talking about random strangers here. I understood we were mainly talking about your sisters, where one would think disclosure rates would be quite high.
I still don’t think smearing my baby in my sisters blood or vomit is quite the same as letting her breast feed him!
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It would be a pretty messed up person who breastfed another kid knowing they have a disease that can be passed on.
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So you’d let your son be exposed to your own blood and vomit?
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Ha I am so sorry I have to add my little funny story here talking about exposing your kid to your vomit. Ummm the other week I wasn’t feeling well and was racing to the bathroom trying to get past my toddler in the hall and, yep, vomited on him. oops…
Payback for all the vomit he did on me…
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What if you and your baby needed a blood transfusion?
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Well, it would be a big deal to me! Unless extreme circumstances, i’ll feed my own baby thanks very much.
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What’s the big deal? Lots of people do this. I’ve fed a friends baby direct from the boob and vice versa, and as my bub was born very prem and I was a veritable dairy, my expressed milk fed a NICU buddy’s triplets for about a month too. We didn’t do it formally, she just brought a massive esky and loaded up from my freezer. I’d never do any of it without permission though, unless it was a real emergency.
Bizarre people think its gross to drink human milk, but OK to drink it from a cow!
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I would never drink milk straight out of a cow. Milk goes through an extensive process between the udders and most people’s fridges.
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milk straight from a cow is great. We used to have a big jug of it in our fridge and we’d have to scrapet the cream of the top.
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People have been drinking straight from the cow for ages. Have you ever met a farmer? They get it fresh still with the cream on top!
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I used to drink it straight from the goat until I got pregnant. Well… not STRAIGHT from the goat. It went from the goat into a bucket into a glass, I didn’t latch onto an udder.
I would suggest you don’t drink unpasturised milk if you’re pregnant though. Risk is too high.
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I absolutely agree, its human milk, as long as both mothers consent whats the big deal. I would happily feed any relatives child!
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I Don’t see a problem with it at all.
As long as you check with the parents, I don’t see what could be bad about this.
I’m unsure about if there is any chance a baby can have an adverse reaction to other mother’s milk? Does anyone know?
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If course they can…if the woman has consumed something baby is allergic to.
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Lmao! This is gold! My Aunt did this for my cousin when she was little, Aunty was already breastfeeding her son around the same age as the baby, long story short, Baby’s parents were unreliable and being in the 80′s went on a adventure without their baby for a few days, My aunt pretty much was feeding 2 babies for close to a week. Aunty still teases my cousin about it 20 odd years later.
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Not for me, but no issue with it. Gawd just don’t do it at Bribie Island aquatic centre lol
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meh – no big deal.
My mum and her sisters would feed each others screaming babies occassionally.
My sister and I had newborns at the same time and did it occassionally, or I checked the attachment of mine but feeding hers for a few minutes to check attachment.
I don’t think its a deal at all.
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I would be all for this and also see no problem with it.
My only concern would lay with the quality of milk that is being fed my baby. i.e: Your milk is as nutritious as the food you eat, and the food I eat reflects my health. So if you exist on a diet of junkfood, sugar or lollies, then this will flow through the milk.
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Just to put some information out there, there has been plenty of studies which consistently demonstrate that breast milk quality doesn’t change much with the mother’s diet. An undernourished mum in a third world country will produce milk which is pretty similarly constituted to an adequately or over nourished mum in a first world country. The baby will get all the good stuff, even if it means mum starts to become deficient. So, whilst it’s a great idea to eat well whilst breast feeding, if you’re not, the way the milk is constituted will be pretty similar, regardless.
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Been there, done that. Perfectly normal and accedptable if you trust the person doing so.
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I wouldn’t have a problem with it. Expressing milk is such a hassle, I could never be bothered doing it and mine couldn’t tolerate formula so I never went anywhere without them for more than an hour or so while they were tiny. It would have been fantastic to have someone around willing to breastfeed them when I wasn’t around. And I would have been happy to do the same for someone else.
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Still amazes me that people have no problem drinking milk which is intended for baby cows but get all uncomfortable when it comes to drinking human milk.
Go figure.
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I always think the exact same thing!! It’s so bizarre to me too….
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Many babies’ lives have been saved because of donor milk. It may also surprise you that sharing breastfeeding duties is not that uncommon. It’s not really that big of a deal.
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Isn’t that what expressing is for? If I knew I was going to be away from the baby I’d have expressed milk for it so it’s a non issue.
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I breastfed but no matter how fancy the pump, I never got more than 20mls from BOTH sides expressing. Would have taken me weeks to get one single feed that way.
I know plenty who can’t express a drop.
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Also some babies, like my second, will refuse bottles.
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