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Have you tried your own milk?

27 replies

Flossam · 04/02/2005 16:44

I haven't but someone was talking about it on another thread. I don't know that I fancy it much, DP used to say he was going to try when I was pregnant, very quickly changed his mind when baby arrived! So have you?

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scotlou · 04/02/2005 16:48

I had a lick once! That is, I'd expressed some and squeezed a tiny drop onto my hand and licked it off. Very sweet! Also, used to mix breastmilk with baby rice etc when weaning and would occasionally try that to test temperature. Didn't like it though!

triceratops · 04/02/2005 16:53

Yes very sweet and foul really. I can't belive people bf for months and never even taste what their baby is mad for, one taste is enough though. Didnt chinese emperors drink it into their late teens or something though or is that just a myth?

mummylonglegs · 04/02/2005 16:58

I tasted it once and nearly gagged! Dp did taste a bit of expressed though, and used some in a coffee once when we'd run out of ordinary milk . He said it was wheaty and sweet and tasted very healthy. I think it's probably easier for others to taste than for us, something about your own body's secretions ...

jabberwocky · 04/02/2005 17:09

I took a small taste. Sweet, not unpleasant at all but I felt a little odd doing it

iota · 04/02/2005 17:10

it tastes a lot better than formula

IlanaK · 04/02/2005 17:29

I have tasted mine - only a little, but thats because I find expressing so hard so didn't want to waste any. I find it really odd that people will feed it to their babies, but feel weird about drinking it themselves. If I could express more, I would have liked to taste more than a drop as I am gussing a proper swig would have tasted a bit different.

Gwenick · 04/02/2005 17:31

I remeber having a little taste of mine when BF ds1 - it was awful! Can't believe he was so obsessed with the stuff. Personally thought the formula tasted better wth DS2 LOL

RosiePosie · 04/02/2005 17:32

DH tells me it tastes like sweet milky tea

Twiglett · 04/02/2005 17:33

Of course I've tasted it .. how can you not?

I licked a bit off my wrist once

how can you go through this stage and never do it?

jabberwocky · 04/02/2005 17:34

On a "Friends" episode someone said it tasted like canteloupe juice. I thought that was pretty accurate after trying mine.

suedonim · 04/02/2005 17:45

Yes, I've licked up an escaped drop or two. It's very sweet.

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Flossam · 04/02/2005 17:55

I do find the whole secretions thing a bit yucky really. Probably cause of work, I have seen all sorts of secretions and know what the body can do! On the flip side, that maybe should make it easier to try. Sorry Twiglett! DS seems happy enough with what he's got and thats enough to keep me happy!

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kazza3 · 04/02/2005 18:11

I once ran out of milk and when builders needed tea/coffee I gave them sm that had been expressed in the fridge that was 13 years ago when I had my first haven't done anything like that since then

motherinferior · 04/02/2005 18:41

I'm with Twiglett - how could you not, really?

posyhairdresser · 04/02/2005 19:00

Of course. Not my vaginal secretions though. Yet.

moondog · 04/02/2005 19:06

kazza, if only those builders knew-!
I have, because I felt obliged to. Hate ALL milk though.

hercules · 04/02/2005 19:18

Never tried it. Really couldnt ever bring myself to. Dh had a big mouthful once (ooerr) when he was trying to get a beaker full of bm to work.

Yurtgirl · 04/02/2005 19:22

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morningpaper · 04/02/2005 19:29

I had to 'scald' my milk because I had lipase problems so it tasted foul if it wasn't scalded in a saucepan just after expressing it. DD never drank any though, despite me trying everything. Anyway one day I had heated up a load in a pan and I thought - damn it, she won't drink it - so I made it into a big mug of hot chocolate and drank it myself.

prunegirl · 04/02/2005 19:32

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Annner · 04/02/2005 21:44

I've slurped any leftovers in the cup that DD couldn't manage. It tasted more "animal-y" than I had anticipated, and closer to sweetened cow's milk than I would like to think...

morningpaper · 04/02/2005 21:56

Yes it's very sweet isn't it?

KristinaM · 05/02/2005 13:55

Yes, its tastes like watered down carnation milk. Cant understand the yuck factor really [puzzled icon]

sweetkitty · 05/02/2005 16:40

I've tasted it as well as has DP (expressed) sometimes you can't help taste it when she lets go and it squirts you in the face. I also had to taste it in the babyrice as well. It doesn't taste bad just really sweet.

Formula tastes horrible, well the one I tasted did. Some baby food jars taste awful too they smell like sick

nerdgirl · 05/02/2005 16:45

Now, I'm going to gross you all out!!

Not only did I taste it but as I have quite large breasts, I actually managed to drink it fresh (so to speak!!)

Tasted like watermelon to me.