Resurgence of the wet nurse!
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Topic: Resurgence of the wet nurse!
Posted By: Bizzy
Subject: Resurgence of the wet nurse!
Date Posted: 01 August 2007 at 4:47pm
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Found this artice today...hollywood celebrities, what next?
http://nz.blogs.yahoo.com/marie-claire/1839/wet-nurses-the-latest-a-list-accessory - article |
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 01 August 2007 at 5:25pm
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Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 01 August 2007 at 10:59pm
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Oh my god, I would totally be a wet nurse! Sign me up!! Imagine earning that much for doing something you're doing so many times a day already. I never knew my boobs were so valuable!
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 7:48am
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hehehe my great grandmother was a wet nurse for prem babys and babys up for adppotion she had so much milk she could feed 4 babys in one sitting and she did i for years when i was in hospital with james one of the midwifes was trying to talk me in to wet nurseing prem babys ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 8:13am
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Well I suppose on the upside at least they are getting breastmilk ..... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 8:35am
| i find that creepy - i know i shouldn't, just do. |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 12:37pm
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I don't find it creepy... maybe because of being in love with Bryce Courtney's novels and Peekay being fed by a wet nurse in Power of One.
Anywayyy... I've had dreams that I've fed someone elses child. That freaked me out a bit.
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 1:35pm
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I was thinking about this the other day. I have a friend who has been having trouble - or that is, her 3wk son isn't gaining weight from her. 100 years ago I would have been expected to help out I guess. Question is, would I do it today? I'm not sure. It would seem kinda weird.
Being employed as a wet nurse must be tough though. It's good pay, but you'd bond with that child and then what? Be unemployed (child too old) and never see him/her again  -------------  |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 1:36pm
lol Nikki! Its definitely not something I could ever do - I kind of see bfing as more than just their food, also a special time between mum and bub. But wow, imagine getting paid that much a week!  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 2:12pm
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To be honest I think we mainly see it as weird becuase the shift in society away from that sort of practice.
the idea of earning that much for it though..wow! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 2:45pm
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I'd do it for prem babies or orphans,in a situation where I knew I could help and it was 'anonymous' IYGWIM.
I don't think I could do it for someone I knew or as a form of employment, a bit to personal and the whole bond thing would be hard. In the early days feeding Benjy I wished I had a wet nurse to do it for me, until MIL wondered out loud if she could relactate and take over 
I just about vomited at the idea of her doing it. ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 2:51pm
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I could do it, feed someone elses baby. We almost went down the "wet nurse" track when teaching J to b/f and he screamed all the time and pushed away from me all the time. Anyhow long story short, we (lactation consultant and I) were going to get SIL up here to do it for a day, blah blah dfidn't end up having to, but I could do it to help out someone if it meant them continuing trying to b/f. The idea dosn't gross me out, like Beck said 100 years ago it was the norm. And I'm 100000% for a breast milk bank. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 2:59pm
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Would you have your babies feed by someone else if you could afford it?
I've been a nanny for some rich families and they do things differently to us average folk. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 7:54pm
No, only if it was a situation like the one I havwe been in, preemie/orphan etc, not just cos someone "couldn't be bothered".. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
fleury wrote:Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 8:23pm
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That's not a job I would farm out for pay either I would only do it for a friend's baby. ------------- |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 8:38pm
| I don't mind epxressed milk - just the thought of someone else's baby attached to me is really ...quite disturbing - COME ON, someone agree with me so i don;'t feel so much like a freak! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 8:58pm
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I thought that two weeks ago Liz but I got to pondering this the other day cause I was busting with milk and Kryssi didn't want it so I had to express and let it down the drain - while a friend of mine is having trouble getting enough for her bub. ------------- |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 9:30pm
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I couldn't BF someone else's baby. I'm so with you there Liz. And I would def NOT WANT ANYONE feeding mine - even if I could afford for someone else to do it.
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 03 August 2007 at 9:24am
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I couldn't either the I always remember the saying 'the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world' and don't see the point of paying others to raise your children. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 03 August 2007 at 10:16am
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It's common in my DH's family for his cousins to BF each others babies. Freaked me out initially, but I've gradually got use to it. Having never BF, it's hard to say whether I'd BF someone elses bubs, but I like to think I would be able to if it was necessary. As for someone else BF my baby, it would depend who it was. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 03 August 2007 at 10:18am
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I would never pay some to bf my child, even if I was mega rich,..would keep the $ to buy clothes, new boobs, a horse and carriage,......lol! And I wouldnt bf someones elses baby just cos they could afford to pay me.
But,..my sil and I have babies 6 months apart, and we said we would bf each others babies if something happened to one of us, like a major illness or accident or whatever. |
Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 03 August 2007 at 8:09pm
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One of the ladies I am on the July board on EBB has been expressing milk since she had her baby to feed a prem baby while the mothers milk comes in. I think it is an amazing thing to do. I would have no problem with it if it was expressed milk - on the breast is a little different. -------------  
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 03 August 2007 at 10:39pm
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Yeah I would express for someone else but not right on the boob it kinda creeps me out and I am very pro breastfeeding. I spose if it was a close friend and they really needed it, although that money would be nice. I think I would be scared the baby wouldn't latch properly and crack my nipples.
Jack had a cold so I expressed some milk for him. He tried to latch on the other day but just couldn't trust him not to bite me. A question tho wouldn't the wet nurse have had to have a baby to have milk? So where would her baby be and partner (if she had one)? It reminds me of when Jack was small, Ben wanted to take him round to his friends house. I said he would have to wait until after his next feed and ben said his friends gf (who had a baby) could do it. I said no. |
Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 04 August 2007 at 11:06am
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I was thinking the same thing lst night Rach - what about the wet nurses baby? I know in the olden days they often used people who lost their babies in childbirth or early on, but I don't know thow they would work it these days. -------------
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 04 August 2007 at 12:15pm
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You are able to esablish a supply without having a baby from drugs, like Dom Peridone, plus lots of regular pumping. I think there are other better drugs that they must give adoptive mums who want to feed. It can be done. Also, could be someone who has dtopped feedign but maintained her supply by pumping etc. Weird, those celebs.. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 04 August 2007 at 12:49pm
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Yep that's true. I know someone who adopted a newborn about 6 or 8 years after her youngest and she was able just to pump to get 'back into action'. Not sure how it works when you haven't already had a baby but it is still possible.
Gosh imagine if a wetnurse moved in to a celeb house with her already-made family... starting to sound like polygamy!  ------------- |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 07 August 2007 at 6:25pm
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I don't think I could breastfeed someone else's bub, and I'm pretty sure I couldn't let someone else breastfeed mine, but like Annie I am 1000% for a breastmilk bank. They have them in Aussie and I think it is an awesome idea. I froze 6 litres of milk while I was expressing for the gremlins and when we discovered they couldn't tolerate it I had to pour it all down the drain, it was heartbreaking, especially when there was nothing wrong with it and so many other babies could have benefited from it.
As for celebs paying for wet nurses, give me a break! How ridiculous, the latest mod con *rolls eyes* ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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