Would you sell breast milk?

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Considering the recent threads and it seems to be agreed that breast milk might be slightly better for babies.

Would you sell your breast milk?

Bottle feeding mums, would you buy it?

The term is a wet nurse, Branster.

There are opportunities to sell your breastmilk in the US and elsewhere. I think mothers in this country would be more likely to give it than sell it, on the blood donor principle - there are (I think) 18 milk banks in the UK and they do not pay mothers.

Donated human milk is pasteurised and donors and the milk they give are screened. No one using medication, alcohol or nicotine or with any illness is permitted to donate.

With enough investment in an infrastructure, it would be possible to have safe, cheap, readily available human milk for anyone who wanted it - you could dry it or otherwise preserve it, and while some of the 'live' goodies in it may not be as effective it would still be more beneficial than formula.

We regard a readily available stock of human blood as an important national resource, but not enough people think human milk is worth it. So it ain't gonna happen!

Thanks KateandtheGirls! I was desperatly trying to remember the term as I often cam accross it in classic novels. Won't forget it now!