Just wondered - would you breast feed a friend's baby??

[clairemow]

Just been having a conversation with a friend - would you be happy breast feeding someone else's baby, and how would you feel if someone else offered to feed yours?

I was thinking of the sort of scenario where you've had to leave your baby with someone else, and they need a feed, like if you're really sick or something.

I don't think I'd have a problem with it either way tbh.

I saw those blokes on a TV documentary too but not sure that they could produce more than a few drops and sadly not enough for a night feed!

Oooh now thats interesting Stg

(chaffing nipples!!)and now do realise a joke!..hello dragon hello i came i saw i shopped whats it like off the ward tonite? (still looking for center parcs conspiracy)

Ah-ha get it now!
Off to bed nighty night.

ye gods.

Sorry Spiker I wasn't flouncing I really was off to bed - but look I haven't made it.

Ha, was discussing this with my sister, and it turned out she'd bf another baby, too - a friend's DS, who was about 1.5 at the time. He was cranky, she was babysitting, decided to try boob. It helped a bit.

Spiker, have a look at this - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_lactation

interesting! I think I saw the same documentary as laundrylover. have been trying to get DH to try but his boobs aren't big enough...!!!! . Mind you, they say size doesn't matter..

if I was really ill or a friend was ill and couldnt feed her baby then yes

Cowmad, I'm an extended breast feeder who'd lactate at the drop of a hat and wouldn't think twice about feeding another baby and for what it's worth, I think people did round on you somewhat rudely.

I'm not offended by being called weird. It's your opinion. I clearly am weird to many people. I don't mind. I think people who don't understand extended breastfeeding are a bit weird. Life's a mirror and all that.

Fwiw I think you've handled yourself with great wit and charm on this thread in the face of some fairly stiff critisism.

Go girl!

Eh?

I thought cowmad was funny. I really did. But, please show me the "great wit and charm".

I think i must be well off radar this week.

hiya,

not posted here before, but I would BF someones baby and would let a close friend/relative BF my DD.

I just wish I actually knew some BF mums near me.

where are you JeanieG? does your doctor's surgery run any breastfeeding support groups? Or the local NCT? It can be so difficult if you're the only one.

oh good securmummey.

the rest of you can bog off...i shall keep my jungle adventures to myself.

erm, didn't I ask you to tell us about it?

Only read half of thread, but am wondering why no-one suggested giving my dd donated EBM when she was born. She was a bit prem and small-for-dates too and was tube-fed for nearly 2 weeks. They knew I was desperate to BF her, but because she was born by elective section at 36 weeks without me ever being in labour it took ages for me to get any milk at all (I dry-expressed for 20 mins every three hours for about 3 days before I got even a drop for her...), but no-one suggested that she might have donated milk... they just whopped some Aptimil down her tube. Maybe there were sicker/tinier babies who needed the donated milk more than she did, in which case fair enough. But no-one ever mentioned it. In fact, I didn't even realise that people did donate milk till reading this thread.

I wouldn't have a problem with bf a friend's/relative's baby or letting them bf mine. Probably wouldn't do it as a matter of course (e.g. babysitting) but definitely in an emergency. But I was never very good at bf my own, so possibly a bit immaterial.

I was also fascinated by your jungle tales beet. I came very late to the thread an was surprised to see noone had asked you for more info.

Can I ask now? Or am I too late?

Hi Claremow,

I'm in Liverpool. I will have a look for some groups I could join.

Thanks

I live near liverpool and I am breastfeeding my daughter have also fed my 2 sons my HV says there is not much call for support up here because most moms dont breast feed but if you want a chat or anything let me know I only recently moved here from Brum so dont know anyone yet

Please tell us what you got up to in the jungle Beetroot....
Hope Sniff and Jeanie can meet up. Compared to lots of places there is a dearth of 'babycafes' etc in the NW it seems. I am near Manchester but in the sticks so if anyone knows any give us a shout.

Yes please tell Beety!

wow! do all the discussions about b/f get this heated? it's all a bit scary.

can't see why anyone other than a committed b/f mum would bother to answer. after all, if you've gone down the bottle route then you're not going to b/f anyone anyway..... Goes without saying I would never b/f a f/f baby.

i love b/f but would find it weird to b/f someone else's LO but certainly would if asked and felt confident that mum in question wasn't likely to have an infection (I know, you never know) None of the b/f mamas I knew (all gone now - jus' lil ole me still lactating) would have liked it, I imagine. That said, I know a lesbian couple who are both b/f at the moment (sperm donor sibling kids). Don't know if they've discussed it.

I would much rather that someone had b/f'd my babe when I was in hospital on strong drugs for an ear infection than her have to have formula. That's me - breast is best for my child, of course what you do with yours is your business. Would've happily donated to a milk bank too but none in my city. Have thought about writing to maternity hospital about it but "To Do" list already too long!!

no mamaberta, sometimes they get even more heated.

Beetroot - did you crash in the jungle and have to bf all the other passengers until you found freshwater???