Would you breast feed anoher womans child just for the heck of it?

[Melissaq]

HI, I have a question for my fellow breast feeding mom out there.

Would you ever breast feed another womans child or let another woman breast fed your child when the other woman is perfectly healthy and capable, and NOT related to you or your child?

There was a story on Good Morning America about women who are doing this and trying to start a revolution. I have to honestly say that this to me is odd, and not right. I just want to know what you all think about it. I wrote about it on my blog at http://mvkq3.blogspot.com

There you can get the link to the GMA story for more details

Cant wait to hear what you all think.

[PurpleAnkh]

When my son (who is now 13) was a baby, my dearest friend had a baby who was only a few months older than he was. She was taking care of him for me for a few hours and he became inconsolable. She nursed him and he settled right down. She was afraid to tell me for a while, but after she did we both laughed because she'd been afraid I would be upset. I was touched that she cared so much. Unfortunately, I do not have any friends with infants who I am that close to, but if I did, I would certainly consider sharing my milk, either pumped or direct from the tap so to speak! I think it has a lot to do with comfort levels and social taboos. It is definitely a very personal choice and one that I would neither condemn nor press upon anyone.

-Christa

[katiebeth1821]

 I think it kinda weird but if a baby needeed milk i guess i would do it. my friend who had a kid 10 days after me might have to feed my child if i go into surgery. It would be out of a bottle. my fear with that is my baby not taking from the breast again. There is no way i wold deny a baby if we had no formula and a earth quake and the baby needs food. I would also do what m friendis doing if she had to go through somthing that made it so she couldnt feed her son.

[DaniJones86]

If the mother couldn't or was in the hospital or something like that (special needs child etc.) I would do it. I would probably pump though because my boobys belong to DD! LOL. But if it was a close friend of mine or relative I would consider doing it. BUT not just because they weren't willing to do it. ;BUT back in the day they used to have 'wet nurses' and their whole purpose was to be a nanny to someones kid and BF them.

[LRBsMommy]

I didn't check out the GMA video, but am answering just based on what info you gave.  I have often wondered if my baby would latch onto another woman's breast since when she's hungry, she turns her head toward the breast area of whoever is holding her.  lol  Just as an experiment to see if she'd nurse from someone else, I'd try it IF and only IF I know the woman is healthy and drug-free.  I have a "friend" who knowingly smoked weed a few times while she was pregnant and has also done it a few times during the times she was nursing.  I don't me she was smoking a joint as the baby suckled away.  I just mean she would smoke it while the baby slept, not knowing if the baby was going to wake up and need to be nursed.  Any way, I would only do it once to see if the baby latched on a kept nursing or if she would decide I'm her fave!

[Juniper53098]

Since I am capable, I would prefer to nurse my DD and not have someone else do it.  But, if there was a situation where I couldn't nurse her, I would greatly appreciate it if a BF friend or family member would nurse her.  I would also be happy to nurse another baby.  I have considered offering a couple times, but wasn't sure how the moms would feel about it.

[Paradys]

 I have to agree with the others...I would rather another women fed my child (if I couldn't) than start her on formula.

[Munchkin09]

I would out of necessity if it would help a situation but not otherwise...

[H696969]

I don't know if I would trust anyone else to nurse my daughter. I would be worried about diseases and what the other parent has in her system. I don't know what medication the other woman might have taken. I guess I could nurse another baby, it would be weird though. I would rather just donate milk and do it through a bottle. I know a bunch of moms in my nursing group who are using each others milk for whatever reasons. It just surprises me because they really don't know these women. I understand they are nursing their own child but it doesn't mean they are eating healthy, not taking drugs, or that they don't have a disease that will pass through the milk.  I am just talking about the normal situations, if it were life or death of course I would nurse another women's baby or have someone else nurse mine.

[mamalinzie]

I have nurrsed a friends child, with her permission of course.  I thought it was going to be weird, but it really wasnt. The baby had a different latch than mine, and that was probably the weirdest thing. I was hesitant at first, but once I finally did it, I realized a lot of stuff. For one, nursing is just nursing. Its not sexual. And it isn't always an intimate, bonding experience. I realized that I didnt feel a huge attachment to my daughter THROUGH breastfeeding.  Of course we were bonded and attached, but it wasn't because of nursing.

I think if women have an overly sexualized idea about their breasts and breastfeeding, this might be a great way to get over it.

[mom2girls82]

I nurse my ds and we atre so lucky it works for us but my sister can't nurse at all I considered ofeering her some pumped milk for her baby. Just becaus eher kids are small and I think it might help her