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May 20, 2008 at 4:06 PM
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This was posted in one of my groups, and wanted to pass it along! : )

Cop breastfeeds quake orphans

Monday, 19 May, 2008
A Chinese policewoman is contributing to the country's massive earthquake relief effort in a very personal way – by breastfeeding eight babies.

A newspaper in Chengdu, the capital of quake-hit Sichuan province, devoted a special page to the 29-year-old woman, calling her a "hero."

The woman from the quake-ravaged town of Jiangyou has just had a child herself, the Western Urban Daily says.

She is nursing the children of three women who were left homeless by the quake and are too traumatised to give milk, as well as five orphans, the report says.

The babies who lost their parents have been put in an orphanage which does not have powdered milk, it says.

An estimated 50,000 people were killed in the May 12 earthquake, China's worst natural disaster in a generation.
Source: AFP

http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/cop_breastfeeds_quake_orphans_547221

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May. 20, 2008 at 4:10 PM good for her! some people may think differently, but if you can help give another baby breast milk- it's a great thing- especially after a disaster when their immune systems can be shot from trauma/stress. My son received 30 days of donor milk in the NICU after I was unable to produce milk from medications- so I'm very thankful to women who donate milk!