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S/O breastmilk...

MrsC17MrsC17
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When DD was younger and she would stay the night at DH's parent's house I would leave them with a few bottles of breastmilk for DD.  MIL mentioned once how grossed out my FIL was to even have the bottles of breastmilk in their fridge (she thought it was funny).  Obviously, this was hardly a grievous offense, but I was slightly offended.  I'd never say anything (honestly I totally forgot about it until the BM thread below) and I love my IL's- but I'm just wondering what other's reaction would have been?

 FWIW I laughed it off while mentally upturning my eyebrow and thinking "okaaaaaay then." 

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  • CLeigh03CLeigh03 member
    See that's just the thing - I'm not about to go drinking my own milk or making DH taste it, but, it's breast milk. I don't ever understand why it would be considered 'gross.'
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  • CrossingfingersCrossingfingers member
    I don't have any desire to taste it myself, but I know my mom wasn't thrilled about it being in her fridge last time either. They don't have to like it, they just have to get over it :)
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  • Novem06Novem06 member
    I would give them the side eye.  Or if they didn't take that hint a huge eye roll to grow up :)
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  • gollywollypoggollywollypog member

    imageCLeigh03:
    See that's just the thing - I'm not about to go drinking my own milk or making DH taste it, but, it's breast milk. I don't ever understand why it would be considered 'gross.'

     

    This exactly.  I have never understood people being grossed out by the idea of breast milk, even of tasting a bit of it.  It's milk.  Shouldn't COW MILK be a weirder concept, if you really think about it? 

     

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  • our1stbaby2010our1stbaby2010 member
    If they were drinking the bm, then yes that would be gross.  However, they are not!  It's for your baby and it's the best thing you can give an infant! SMH
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  • als33als33
    oh, yes.  i got a lot of "gross" comments from family and friends, and it really upset me.  one time my DD spit up on my friend's driveway and she was appalled and grossed out bc it was bm.  i really have no words when it comes to people like that.  i hate, hate, hate how grossed out some people are by bf when it has been the one and only food for a baby up until formula was invented, what 50 years ago?  c'mon people!!
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  • Whittyone12Whittyone12 member

    imageals33:
    oh, yes.  i got a lot of "gross" comments from family and friends, and it really upset me.  one time my DD spit up on my friend's driveway and she was appalled and grossed out bc it was bm.  i really have no words when it comes to people like that.  i hate, hate, hate how grossed out some people are by bf when it has been the one and only food for a baby up until formula was invented, what 50 years ago?  c'mon people!!

     We had a girl like this at the daycare I used to work at she would always have someone else clean up a spit up mess if it was BM. I always wanted to say so it's not the fact that you just got vomited on that bothers you it's what the baby ate before they puked? It just doesn't make much sense to me.  

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  • ljanette85ljanette85 member
    wth is wrong with people? Im sure they have dead animals and cows breast milk in their fridge... I just dont get it : /
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