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Started by adison, September 04, 2013, 12:23:57 AM
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Quote from: Miss Bungle on September 04, 2013, 12:26:32 AM Ewwwww!! People actually sell their breast milk?WTF?!!
Quote from: adison on September 04, 2013, 12:31:07 AMi dont understand why anyone would want some strangers breast milk either. But there is a demand for it, people pay for it, so why not cash in even if i do think it is a little....um....strange
Quote from: Alice Danielle on September 04, 2013, 12:33:15 AMummm didn't my post answer why anyone would want some stranger's breast milk?
Quote from: Murbella on September 04, 2013, 01:46:12 AMIn general, even someone else's breastmilk is slightly better for a baby than formula. There is a very complex balance of a bunch of things in mother's milk that would be cost prohibitive to reproduce in commercial formula as the either require complex synthesis processes or they won't last on the shelf.In theory, milk produced by anyone with the right hormone balance is effectively the same as both male and female children have the same development pathway for breast growth in utero. There are some documented cases of trans-women who have even successfully induced lactation to feed their children. Oddly enough, my wife and I are talking about having a third child and I was actively doing research into induced lactation as part of me starting HRT. Once you get over the slight creepy factor, I think it would be wonderful if I could help feed rugrat #3.As for you selling your breastmilk, I doubt anyone would be forward thinking enough to feed it to their baby even though it should be pretty much identical. That said, as Lara suggested there are always the creepers it there that would use it in other ways...