human milk

[Catholic Fanatic]

I am studying naturalism.

Edited August 19, 2005 by Catholic Fanatic

[IcePrincessKRS]

Ok, while I am a HUGE advocate of breastfeeding your children (if you can, I know some moms just can't do it), I know for fact that I could never bring myself to drink it.

This has got to be the weirdest poll to date.

And can you tell me why its in the debate table? I'm not sure this is the right place for it, but I'll give you a chance to explain before moving it.

Edited August 19, 2005 by IcePrincessKRS

[avemaria40]

breast milk is for infants, i was breast fed as a baby but that's the only time it would be appropriate, also, i would nurse my kids if God sees fit to bless me with any, but only when they're babies of course. i see no prob with ppl nursing their babies (since it's scientifically proven to be healthier) but mass produced breast milk? that's a little weird

[Lil Red]

one word: ewwwwww

[Paladin D]

I wouldn't drink it, unless it was human chocolate milk.

[Sarah_JC]

Muchly gross.

And how would we accomplish this mass-produced milk?

[Brother Adam]

Interesting. I say no. Too many risks.

[Kilroy the Ninja]

Breastmilk for babies. Not for adults. That is just too gross.

[scardella]

is this talking about infants or non-infants? Also, how would they get the "mass produced" part?

It would seem that milking women's breasts to sell the milk would be contrary to their dignity as human persons, as a gut reaction. Anyone other than infants breastfeeding is gross.

However, infant breastfeeding has been shown to be beneficial to the baby, at the least. From what my mom has said (she's a nurse in labor and delivery/nursery) that the milk is tailored to the baby's age. Bottle feeding supposedly results in more overweight babies.

[cmotherofpirl]

THIS is the oddest poll I have ever seen.

[avemaria40]

also, i read on a website on pregnancy (im thinking of being a midwife) that u can never mix milk, meaning that the mother's milk has to go to her baby, and only her baby because her body produces milk that has the exact nutrients that this particular baby needs. i also read in a health book that only infants should be breastfed.

[Laudate_Dominum]

I don't think human breast milk would be good for an adult. And I don't really want to drink anyone's milk, that's gross. And I find the idea to be pretty grotesque because it implies the harvesting of women's breast milk, basically using women as cows. This is horrendous. Breat milk is a beautiful thing when it is for nursing a baby, but if turned into a commodity I think it would attack the beauty and dignity of maternity.

[Laudate_Dominum]

And cows milk isn't gross (although this is a matter of taste) because God gave us the animals partly as food. But we are not to use other human beings as food.
With a mama and baby it's different because the baby came from the woman's body and they are like one. It's in the context of the maternal bond so it's a beautiful thing.

[hierochloe]

[quote name='Catholic Fanatic' date='Aug 19 2005, 01:18 PM']I am studying naturalism.
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Looking at it naturally, where in the natural world do mammals (or any animal for that matter) drink milk in an adult stage? If anything, I would say people shouldn't be drinking milk at all, much less human milk.

Do some research on dairies and the stress that dairy animals go through in the production and extraction of milk. To consider that a woman might choose to endure half of that in order to produce a commodity makes me shudder. And people think pregnancy puts breasts through the wringer.......

[jmjtina]

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[philothea]

IIRC, there is a company in California that will be selling human milk. It is intended for sick or premature infants in hospitals.

I was curious about their human... ah... "cows" but not curious enough to actually click the link and read the article.

Wet nurses have fed babies not their own for centuries. It's not an uncommon practice, it just hasn't been modernized yet.

[curtins]

I dont like the idea of how they would get the human milk

cow milk is gross unless its on cereal. I refuse to drink milk but cereal rules all

I think I have heard of some people that drink human milk- how they get it I want to know not.

[toledo_jesus]

all milk is something I can do without. I like chocolate milk and milk as part of booze drinks.

[hierochloe]

[quote name='philothea' date='Aug 19 2005, 05:24 PM']IIRC, there is a company in California that will be selling human milk.  It is intended for sick or premature infants in hospitals.

I was curious about their human... ah... "cows" but not curious enough to actually click the link and read the article.

Wet nurses have fed babies not their own for centuries.  It's not an uncommon practice, it just hasn't been modernized yet.
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This sounds more akin to donating blood or plasma.

Boozedrinks 4tw. :

[Laudate_Dominum]

[quote name='hierochloe' date='Aug 19 2005, 05:43 PM']This sounds more akin to donating blood or plasma.

Boozedrinks 4tw.  :
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Yeah, that's not a big deal. I don't wetnurses are bad either..