This is just clever clever - research into sugars in breast milk

[latrucha]

Article from the NY Times on research into sugars in breast milk

here

I thought some of you might be interested.

Wow - that's made my boobs feel super-human!

Nice tone to the article I thought.

• although I did note the research is in aid of developing medical treatments but hey ho no one's ever going to do research to promote bf are they?

I love that article! thanks for the link.

I have got magic boobs.

Very interesting, like I say, 30 million years of evolution V 60 years of science. There can be no contest.

Great article

Mothers are clever, preens.

I once read an article/study or something which put forth the idea that humans were evolved by/for the bacteria that live on and in us.

Don't think about it too much though or it will creep you out.

I'd heard something vaguely about that when doing our peer support training.

boobs are fantastic. who needs yakult eh?!

Great article - particularly like the last sentence...

Made me happy to read it

Morloth - I read that too, still creeps me out to think of it!

I like posted it to my facebook page!

that's great isn't it! love it

Great article, unbelievable how clever bm is!

Woo woo, makes me glad to be still bfeeding my monster of a boy! Thanks for sharing

boobs are truely fabulous things.

?Everything in milk costs the mother ? she is literally dissolving her own tissues to make it.? Wow, get me

Love that article, how refreshing!

Wow. Well I always knew it was pretty incredible stuff. My DS started having problems with gluten when he reduced his breast feeding to less than twice a day. Unfortunately, this was only obvious with hindsight otherwise I'd still be feeding him twice a day now (he's 6!). This probably explains why!

Provinciallady - that freaked me out - it wasn't explained. ???

To be clear on this tissues dissolved in making milk are replaced. It's a natural part of the lactation process.

Similarly the tissues in your womb are replaced monthly along with the outer layers of skin covering your body.

Fret ye not latrucha.

Lovely article!

Brilliant stuff

I've been pumping every feed for the last 12 weeks due problems with the latch (which led to mastitis, thrush, bleeding nipples, dd2 not gaining enough weight, etc.) It's been hard, but I've been taking it a day at a time, telling myself it's the best thing for her (whilst thinking about all the stuff I'll be able to do once I'm not tied to the pump 8 times a day.)

Anyway, dd2 is now 16 wks old, and after reading that I'm inspired to carry on till 20 weeks and see how it goes from there.

Gosh that is brilliant. How clever, and even then it sounds like there's a lot they still haven't figured out.