would you breastfeed a child that wasn't your own?

[artisanroast]

Hi,

Bit being adverse to controversy...

I thought I would put the question out there...

I would gladly feed a friend's child. I feel it offers ultimate comfort to a baby.

I will stop breastfeeding at 9 months to hopefully conceive baby no 2 but I could happily breastfeed for longer. (I was very much in the feed to 6 months then stop camp until I realised how much me and my daughter love it).

So... Would you? Do you?

If you did feed a friend's child how did the subject come up? Tell your story...

I hesitate slightly in saying this but is it one of those questions you can only really answer if you have breastfed?

Like for me, I would happily accept donor milk from someone I'd built trust with, and I have friends I'd trust to feed my baby. I'd do that before giving her formula if for any reason I couldn't feed her myself. But I know I wouldn't have felt like that before I started breastfeeding.