Salma Hayek BFing infant boy in Africa

[aurorec]

For those of you who are interested Dlisted (very snarky blog) has posted a video of Salma Hayek on a Unicef visit in Sierra Leone.
They're discussing the issues of infant mortality and how BFing plays such an important role in helping eradicate it.
Salma herself (still nursing her one year old daughter) decides to nurse a sick week old infant.
I just saw the clip and it's incredibly sweet and emotional- not to mention informative.

Have a look on Dlisted.com. I'm sure it's on much more serious websites but haven't found it anywhere else yet.

[pooka]

link here, scroll down

The snarky blog is a bit but the video is interesting and is amazing to see a celebrity cross feed. Really great.

[lulabellarama]

Oooh how interesting. I don't believe any breastfeeding mother would object to doing the same when faced with a sick baby. Good for her.

[PortAndLemon]

link without snarky blog (although not necessarily "serious")

[PortAndLemon]

The opening scene is fantastically sad, though.

[aurorec]

I know pooka sorry for those offended!
I just thought that video was definitely worth seeing.
Thanks for posting the link.

[Littlefish]

What a fantastic thing to do for that child.

[ruty]

loving Salma Hayek at the moment, what a lovely thing to do.

[pooka]

Not offended at all!

And thank you for giving the info in the first place. It's a really interesting subject. I certainly would cross feed in that situation. I like Salma.

[lulabellarama]

Are their schemes that donate breastmilk to 3rd world countries?

[aurorec]

PortandLemon it was.
The poor mother looked so lost and bewildered. The thought that those babies could be saved so easily makes me sick.

[4andnotout]

What a lovely video, it restores faith in human nature.

[PortAndLemon]

I'm reasonably certain not -- think about the logistics involved.

[SobranieCocktail]

Thank you so much for that aurorec and pooka. What an amazing video. Unbearably sad and also hugely heartwarming. Salma Hayek is just fabulous.

[ruty]

they actually showed a baby's last breath rather glossed over i felt.

Is it newborn tetanus these babies are getting? When do they vaccinate? At birth?

[lulabellarama]

That was what I thought Portandlemon, but I wondered if there might be some sort of frozen transportation.

[ruty]

yes it is rather a wake up call. That poor child.

[aurorec]

ruty, I didn't feel it wasn't glossed over. Sadly when you hear the awful statistics it's evident that they see many newborn deaths in the clinic.

[aurorec]

was I meant.

[StealthPolarBear]

Haven't watched the video but that's so sad, I don't think I could have done that knowing that I would have to hand the baby back to whatever was going to happen.

[HeadFairy]

can't watch sad things, too hormonal I did forward to the bit where she fed the baby, I love Salma Hayek, what a woman!

[traceybath]

Thank you for posting that. It made me cry (in a good way) - such a lovely thing to do.

The first part of the video was so sad.

[Upwind]

Can't believe the headline is about cross feeding rather than tetanus when you see the content.

[suwoo]

Gosh that actually bought tears to my eyes. I'd like to see Angelina doing that .