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ChuggingWater · February 2014

Would you BF someone else's baby?

Would you let someone else nurse your baby?

ChuggingWater · February 2014

I can't say 'absolutely not'

Not like I. would sit around a campfire swapping babies though.

RingOfFire11 · February 2014

I don't judge anyone else who does but know that personally, I wouldn't unless I had no other options.

CeeJC121013 · February 2014

RingOfFire11 said:
I don't judge anyone else who does but know that personally, I wouldn't unless I had no other options.

This.

wedbliss5 · February 2014

Most likely no, although if I'd had a premie where they used donated BM, if be okay with it. However, I'm not willing to taste my own BM either.

ksonne · February 2014

I don't really want anyone else breast feeding DS2 because of bonding, is that selfish? But if he needed someone else to breast feed him (maybe something happened to me), if he needed donated milk, or if he needed formula, he would be fine.

ChuggingWater · February 2014

babywinks said:
Only in a life or death situation. I just think it would be weird otherwise. Although, if I passed away and my sister who is still BFing her son was willing to BF my boy too, that would make end very happy.

These the types of situations that I would possibly consider.

brideandbreve · February 2014

babywinks said:

Only in a life or death situation. I just think it would be weird otherwise.

This.

I don't judge those who do this, but it's just not for me.

Realistically, though, wet nurses are nothing new.. but it does creep me out a little. LOL

sugarland726 · February 2014

No and no, but I would donate breast milk to be used in a bottle. I don't know that I would accept donated breast milk.

moosebaby2011 · February 2014

I wouldn't BF someone else's child, nor would I allow someone else to BF my child unless it was a dire emergency. I would donate BM, though.

ccip82 · February 2014

Under certain circumstances like other PPs have mentioned. I do donate my BM to my friend who just had a baby via surrogate. I have an oversupply so I pump and freeze some for her every day.

My sister used some of my frozen BM for her DD when she was visiting and really needed some. It was NBD.

ccip82 · February 2014

@Chuggingwater

You mean at our giant hypothetical get together where we all get drunk and show our boobies we would not all sit around swapping our LOs to feed as well???

#crusheddreams

slmille4 · February 2014

I would not be opposed to donated but the thought of someone actively breastfeeding my daughter freaks me out.

ChuggingWater · February 2014

@ccip82 if you're cook with it, I'd make it happen!

erika_sue · February 2014

sugarland726 said:

No and no, but I would donate breast milk to be used in a bottle. I don't know that I would accept donated breast milk.

This is how I feel as well.

valigrl21 · February 2014

sugarland726 said:

No and no, but I would donate breast milk to be used in a bottle. I don't know that I would accept donated breast milk.

This.

KEfam5 · February 2014

I would be more comfortable BFing someone else's baby than letting someone else BF mine.

katags · February 2014

My SIL and her cousin are about a month apart in age. My MIL said that her sister had oversupply and when she was overly engorged my SIL would nurse on her for a couple min to make it easier for her younger cousin to latch on.

I think I'd only consider someone else BFing my baby if it were my sister. And I can't fathom sticking another baby on my breast, but honestly I still find the whole "my body produces life sustaining milk" situation a little crazy.

OSUWifey09 · February 2014

I'm open to accepting donated BM if it ever came to that, but I'm not comfortable with having someone else physically BF my baby. I don't think I'd want to BF another person's baby, either, but I'd be open to donating my own BM if someone else needed it.

cowscrub · February 2014

I had a gf offer us her BM, as she was pumping for relief after a surrogacy pregnancy. I said no. It's a bodily fluid and I know her but not well enough to know what her health status/history is..I don't think I would feed someone else's child either.

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bethughknee · February 2014

I feel like I would nurse someone else's in a dire situation but wouldn't want someone else nursing mine. Is that weird? I don't know she's just MINE.

MeganWorden · February 2014

Realistically, though, wet nurses are nothing new.. but it does creep me out a little. LOL

I would be very unwilling to have ds nursed by anyone else. I would be a wet nurse in a heartbeat. I have a huge oversupply and am in the process of being screened to donate bm (OR now has local bm banks) I eat a very healthy diet ( 90%of our food comes from the farmers market, our local specialty butcher or our garden) and am very healthy, so I know I make quality milk. I look forward to being able to help a baby in need!

worleygirl · February 2014

I don't think I would want DDto nurse on someone else unless. I would be ok with donated milk. I would gladly donate my milk but I don't think I could breastfeed a baby that wasn't mine unless I knew there was no other option. Was it Selma Hayek who did it while in Africa? I've never been around starving children so I can't say never.

bensmommy518 · February 2014

bethughknee said:

I feel like I would nurse someone else's in a dire situation but wouldn't want someone else nursing mine. Is that weird? I don't know she's just MINE.

This is me too. I think its a control thing for me - no matter how well I know the other person I know I cant know or control everything about them and that leaves too much ambiguity for me about their milk. Same with donated milk. I would donate but probably not accept donated milk.

CopperT0p · February 2014

If it were life and death I would nurse or let somebody else nurse my baby. If it were a matter of convenience then I wouldn't. Unless it was from my sister, I wouldn't use donated BM, but that's because it's not a common thing around here, I don't think a BM bank exists. I don't have the supply to donate milk.

Another option I would consider is nursing an adopted child. This is in between because they wouldn't desperately need it, but I would do it for bonding.

DH and I have discussed adoption (not right now but we may visit this as an option for #3/4). If we were to adopt a baby, I would strongly consider nursing that baby if I could get a supply enough to do it and the baby was able to nurse. I wouldn't push it if the baby was already established and doing well on another method of feeding.

Tylynngrace · February 2014

If it were donated and fed through a bottle,yes. But straight from The boob, no, I wouldn't want my child having that kind of bond with anyone but me.

mommabird77 · February 2014

I think I would breastfeed a close friend or family members baby, I would only feel comfortable with very close family and a very select few close friends breastfeedig my baby if it were absolutely necessary.

CarolinaGirl2014 · February 2014

I think I have a skewed view of this because I pump for my daughter and nurse her at visits (usually once a week), which is pretty far-out in itself. She's my daughter in that I grew and gave birth to her, but her Mom is certainly her AMom. We do have a bond through it, but it doesn't interfere with her bond with her mom. She already knows who her mom is and turns toward her voice.

So I could totally see nursing someone else's baby, but it would have to be someone I knew well. I don't know how I'd feel about someone nursing my child because I don't have a child of my own yet. I do know I'd be super particular about their lifestyle and health choices because I am so arduous with mine.

Interesting article I read about this recently: https://www.babble.com/baby/breast-friends-wet-nurse-cross-nursing-breastfeeding-information/

rowanthefrog · February 2014

babywinks said:

Only in a life or death situation. I just think it would be weird otherwise. Although, if I passed away and my sister who is still BFing her son was willing to BF my boy too, that would make end very happy.

This...my BFing friends and I have a deal that we will either BF each other's kids or pump milk for them if any of us dies. Morbid I know...

daltosostarby · February 2014

As others have said, I would donate bm no problem. Feeding someone else's baby would be on a dire need situation only. I don't think I would want anyone BFing my baby either.

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