OT - Is this weird?

DoubleEgger

Well it's Friday.... 

Is this very generous or just plain weird? I'm in the weird camp. 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/09/07/mom-donates-over-1-000-ounces-breast-milk-hurricane-harvey-victims/639050001/

nolaegghead

I'm in the very generous camp.

kl8ton

Both.

I was weirded out by this type of stuff before kids entered my life.  Then all of a sudden I am going to strangers houses at random times and leaving 10 or 20 bucks in their garage freezer in exchange for a shopping bag full of some other lady's breast milk.  I did prefer this method over meeting the milk doner face to face.

#awkwardanduncomfortable

EDIT: even more uncomfortable when the husband is there doing some manly work with his skid steer.  Do you nod?  Smile?  Wave?  Keep head down and not make eye contact?

#themilkisneverfreeevenifitis

DoubleEgger

kl8ton said:

Both.

I was weirded out by this type of stuff before kids entered my life.  Then all of a sudden I am going to strangers houses at random times and leaving 10 or 20 bucks in their garage freezer in exchange for a shopping bag full of some other lady's breast milk.  I did prefer this method over meeting the milk doner face to face.

#awkwardanduncomfortable

I had no idea there was a black market for the stuff 

kl8ton

DoubleEgger said:

kl8ton said:

Both.

I was weirded out by this type of stuff before kids entered my life.  Then all of a sudden I am going to strangers houses at random times and leaving 10 or 20 bucks in their garage freezer in exchange for a shopping bag full of some other lady's breast milk.  I did prefer this method over meeting the milk doner face to face.

#awkwardanduncomfortable

I had no idea there was a black market for the stuff 

Yes, like a facebook group of pro breastfeeders.  

kl8ton

I am sure the government is trying to find a way to tax human milk too.  Or the FDA is trying to find a way to ban it.

kl8ton

Not sure if this is fake news or not.  It was very real to me.  :-)

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/breast-milk-fda-weighs-risks-human-milk-banks/story?id=12327503

DoubleEgger

kl8ton said:

I am sure the government is trying to find a way to tax human milk too.  Or the FDA is trying to find a way to ban it.

The FDA was the first thing I thought of. How do you know what you're getting? 

RedSkip

generous 

DoubleEgger

kl8ton said:

Not sure if this is fake news or not.  It was very real to me.  :-)

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/breast-milk-fda-weighs-risks-human-milk-banks/story?id=12327503

Having milk banks run like blood banks as described in the article would definitely minimize the awkwardness. 

Legume

DoubleEgger said:

kl8ton said:

Not sure if this is fake news or not.  It was very real to me.  :-)

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/breast-milk-fda-weighs-risks-human-milk-banks/story?id=12327503

Having milk banks run like blood banks as described in the article would definitely minimize the awkwardness. 

I would think there is something to be said for knowing how the donor lives their life that is more important w/breast milk than with blood.  Blood banks screen for bad stuff and often break blood down into components, so it's not all whole blood products.  But the complexity of what is in breast milk that drives the benefit over formula isn't just avoidance of bad things, it's the value of good nutrition and healthy immunity.  It's not just a safeguard and awkward thing.

Legume

The first day care we had for our daughter was someone that watched a few kids in her home - very nice lady, good home, but at one point we found her nursing her own son that was over 2, I think he was like 3 years old.  That was a little awkward.

GATraveller

My wife breastfed all three of our children (2 being twins) for their first 14 months.  I don't care if I ever see another booby in my life. 

DoubleEgger

Legume said:

DoubleEgger said:

kl8ton said:

Not sure if this is fake news or not.  It was very real to me.  :-)

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/breast-milk-fda-weighs-risks-human-milk-banks/story?id=12327503

Having milk banks run like blood banks as described in the article would definitely minimize the awkwardness. 

I would think there is something to be said for knowing how the donor lives their life that is more important w/breast milk than with blood.  Blood banks screen for bad stuff and often break blood down into components, so it's not all whole blood products.  But the complexity of what is in breast milk that drives the benefit over formula isn't just avoidance of bad things, it's the value of good nutrition and healthy immunity.  It's not just a safeguard and awkward thing.

I agree but I've never been in a position like @kl8ton either. You do what you have to do to take care of your family. 

Legume

DoubleEgger said:

Legume said:

DoubleEgger said:

kl8ton said:

Not sure if this is fake news or not.  It was very real to me.  :-)

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/breast-milk-fda-weighs-risks-human-milk-banks/story?id=12327503

Having milk banks run like blood banks as described in the article would definitely minimize the awkwardness. 

I would think there is something to be said for knowing how the donor lives their life that is more important w/breast milk than with blood.  Blood banks screen for bad stuff and often break blood down into components, so it's not all whole blood products.  But the complexity of what is in breast milk that drives the benefit over formula isn't just avoidance of bad things, it's the value of good nutrition and healthy immunity.  It's not just a safeguard and awkward thing.

I agree but I've never been in a position like @kl8ton either. You do what you have to do to take care of your family. 

I am agreeing - blood bank approach I think probably causes more problems than it creates, you won't know where the product came from and while you may get some security in the fact that it's been tested for bad things, you don't know if you're getting any benefit over formula.  Awkward aside, if you know marginally where it's coming from, that's probably better than turning it into a business.  Not a lot of healthy individuals selling plasma these days, for instance.

GATraveller

Speaking of weird....
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/beauty/cosmetic-surgery/plastic-surgery-addict-left-with-permanent-erection-after-botched-nose-job/news-story/f40c80a357fc1a7c5de46a35e4b75eaa

GrillSgt

On a related note:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2017/09/06/thinx_founder_miki_agrawal_pumped_and_shared_breast_milk_at_burning_man.html

JohnInCarolina

DoubleEgger

GATraveller said:

Speaking of weird....
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/beauty/cosmetic-surgery/plastic-surgery-addict-left-with-permanent-erection-after-botched-nose-job/news-story/f40c80a357fc1a7c5de46a35e4b75eaa

That pool pic

blasting

GATraveller said:

I don't care if I ever see another booby in my life. 

kl8ton

Legume said:

The first day care we had for our daughter was someone that watched a few kids in her home - very nice lady, good home, but at one point we found her nursing her own son that was over 2, I think he was like 3 years old.  That was a little awkward.

One lady, in a church i used to go to, breast fed her child long enough for him to yell "I want a boob mommy!" in the middle of the sermon.

SmokeyPitt

One other thing to ponder- it is perfectly normal for us to drink milk from a cow, even as adults.  So we are fine drinking milk from a different species, but our kids drinking milk from a human female that is not their mother is gross. 

HeavyG

SmokeyPitt said:

One other thing to ponder- it is perfectly normal for us to drink milk from a cow, even as adults.  So we are fine drinking milk from a different species, but our kids drinking milk from a human female that is not their mother is gross. 

Yeah...it's so much better to drink a bottle of chemicals mixed with water made in some manufacturing plant.

I'm guessing you're not familiar with the millennia old practice of having/using a wet nurse?

SmokeyPitt

HeavyG said:

SmokeyPitt said:

One other thing to ponder- it is perfectly normal for us to drink milk from a cow, even as adults.  So we are fine drinking milk from a different species, but our kids drinking milk from a human female that is not their mother is gross. 

Yeah...it's so much better to drink a bottle of chemicals mixed with water made in some manufacturing plant.

I'm guessing you're not familiar with the millennia old practice of having/using a wet nurse?

I don't actually think it's gross. I was trying to point out the irony that people in general are grossed out by other women's breast milk, but they are fine drinking milk from cows. I am cool with breast milk. I have tried it. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpLMQdKhdCM

jeffwit

I used to moo at my wife and call her Bessie when she was pumping. Was that wrong?

Legume

jeffwit said:

I used to moo at my wife and call her Bessie when she was pumping. Was that wrong?

Depends, did you end up with bruises or scars?

jeffwit

Legume said:

jeffwit said:

I used to moo at my wife and call her Bessie when she was pumping. Was that wrong?

Depends, did you end up with bruises or scars?

Mostly just an eye roll. She's pretty used to the way I act.

nolabrew

Where can I acquire some?  I prefer human milk for my fruity pebbles. 

GATraveller

My wife and I were in the food court at the mall.  There was an Asian mother and child sitting across from one another at the table next to us each enjoying a slice of Sbarro pizza.  Kid finished his slice, climbed down and walked over to mom then began pulling on her shirt and yelling "Boobie! Boobie!".  She says "OK" and kid climbs up under her shirt and starts sucking away.  Crazy!!!

HendersonTRKing

Hangover cure? 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4863486/Periodproof-underwear-founder-gives-BREAST-MILK.html

NPHuskerFL

Suddenly I have a hankering for Oreos and milk. Yep it's Friday!