Serious question about milk

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  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    I know this is a joke, but I have to say that when I was nursing I was rather productive (so much so that I donated over 300 ounces to the national milk bank that they use to supply breast milk to hospitals and such) as well as freeze enough to continue to provide my son with only breast milk for 2 – 3 months after I stopped nursing. It was suggested to me that instead of donating the milk I pay for the blood work out of pocket necessary to provide breast milk to the banks and sell my breast milk. Because I was dairy and gluten free it would apparently have sold for a premium of about $4 per ounce. So, I basically donated $1200 worth of the good stuff over a 6 – 9 month period of time.

    Do you know?
    But really, that's awesome about you donating it!
  • nack_23
    nack_23 Posts: 154
    I think it's a great idea. Cow milk was made for baby cows. It makes much more sense for humans to drink human milk. Plus, human milk is sweeter and tastes better than cow milk.

    lol wow, are you really telling her to drink human breast milk. SMH
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    I know this is a joke, but I have to say that when I was nursing I was rather productive (so much so that I donated over 300 ounces to the national milk bank that they use to supply breast milk to hospitals and such) as well as freeze enough to continue to provide my son with only breast milk for 2 – 3 months after I stopped nursing. It was suggested to me that instead of donating the milk I pay for the blood work out of pocket necessary to provide breast milk to the banks and sell my breast milk. Because I was dairy and gluten free it would apparently have sold for a premium of about $4 per ounce. So, I basically donated $1200 worth of the good stuff over a 6 – 9 month period of time.

    Do you know?
    But really, that's awesome about you donating it!

    okay, I suspect
  • _Elemenopee_
    _Elemenopee_ Posts: 2,665 Member
    I think it's a great idea. Cow milk was made for baby cows. It makes much more sense for humans to drink human milk. Plus, human milk is sweeter and tastes better than cow milk.

    lol wow, are you really telling her to drink human breast milk. SMH

    nice hat
  • fIashforward
    fIashforward Posts: 66 Member
    Didn't a shop in England sell breast milk ice cream for a while?

    It probably isn't bad for you anyway.
  • monty619
    monty619 Posts: 1,308 Member
    If I'm looking for a good protein, fat, immune system booster, should I drink human breast milk? I see people sell it online, and it seems pretty green (women don't produce as much methane as cows, or so I'm told).

    Could I just mix it in a protein shake to disguise the taste?

    ...sh-t aint that serious.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    I think it's a great idea. Cow milk was made for baby cows. It makes much more sense for humans to drink human milk. Plus, human milk is sweeter and tastes better than cow milk.

    lol wow, are you really telling her to drink human breast milk. SMH

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  • felice03
    felice03 Posts: 2,644 Member
    I think it's a great idea. Cow milk was made for baby cows. It makes much more sense for humans to drink human milk. Plus, human milk is sweeter and tastes better than cow milk.

    lol wow, are you really telling her to drink human breast milk. SMH

    why shouldn't she?
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    I think it's a great idea. Cow milk was made for baby cows. It makes much more sense for humans to drink human milk. Plus, human milk is sweeter and tastes better than cow milk.

    lol wow, are you really telling her to drink human breast milk. SMH


    I heard it really helps if you lift weights, you wouldn't understand!
  • sunsnstatheart
    sunsnstatheart Posts: 2,544 Member
    I really wanted to try that breast milk ice cream but the authorities shut it down. I guess you can't regulate what the women are eating and how they're taking care of themselves like you can cows. I imagine it would take some sort of PETA cages where the women are hooked up to pumps. Any volunteers? I guess not.
  • nack_23
    nack_23 Posts: 154
    I think it's a great idea. Cow milk was made for baby cows. It makes much more sense for humans to drink human milk. Plus, human milk is sweeter and tastes better than cow milk.

    lol wow, are you really telling her to drink human breast milk. SMH

    nice hat

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    I see supply problems and expense with this plan.

    But I like the way this thread is going.
  • nack_23
    nack_23 Posts: 154
    I think it's a great idea. Cow milk was made for baby cows. It makes much more sense for humans to drink human milk. Plus, human milk is sweeter and tastes better than cow milk.

    lol wow, are you really telling her to drink human breast milk. SMH

    why shouldn't she?

    I always thought breast milk was for infants. Must have thought wrong i guess?
  • nack_23
    nack_23 Posts: 154
    I think it's a great idea. Cow milk was made for baby cows. It makes much more sense for humans to drink human milk. Plus, human milk is sweeter and tastes better than cow milk.

    lol wow, are you really telling her to drink human breast milk. SMH


    I heard it really helps if you lift weights, you wouldn't understand!

    hmmm... what you got in the cup? oh just a little breast milk, from another human....no big deal.
  • felice03
    felice03 Posts: 2,644 Member
    I think it's a great idea. Cow milk was made for baby cows. It makes much more sense for humans to drink human milk. Plus, human milk is sweeter and tastes better than cow milk.

    lol wow, are you really telling her to drink human breast milk. SMH

    why shouldn't she?

    I always thought breast milk was for infants. Must have thought wrong i guess?

    I've just never heard any logical reason as to why someone shouldn't. It makes sense to me...
  • MrsAgi
    MrsAgi Posts: 338 Member
    OP - you're only 23, with only a little effort you could produce your own and cut out the middleman:wink:
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    Is everyone else getting a lactaboost supplement advertisement on MFP now?
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
    OP - you're only 23, with only a little effort you could produce your own and cut out the middleman:wink:
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  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    OP - you're only 23, with only a little effort you could produce your own and cut out the middleman:wink:

    Don't jinx me.
  • rob1976
    rob1976 Posts: 1,328 Member
    I used to use my wife's as coffee creamer when we were out. It's really quite tasty. Like horchata but not quite as sweet.
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member


    hmmm... what you got in the cup? oh just a little breast milk, from another human....no big deal.

    Your loss.
  • nack_23
    nack_23 Posts: 154
    I think it's a great idea. Cow milk was made for baby cows. It makes much more sense for humans to drink human milk. Plus, human milk is sweeter and tastes better than cow milk.

    lol wow, are you really telling her to drink human breast milk. SMH

    why shouldn't she?

    I always thought breast milk was for infants. Must have thought wrong i guess?

    I've just never heard any logical reason as to why someone shouldn't. It makes sense to me...

    Its weird?? In my OPINION anyway
  • shivles
    shivles Posts: 468 Member
    I don't understand why so many people are freaked out by this, you will all happily drink the breastmilk of another species but from your own and its gross? Whos the weird ones....

    ANYWAY I think it's a great idea, not only is it nutritious is has amazing health benefits. However the quality issue is something that would bother me, like others have said pretty much everything the donor consumes goes into the milk plus the storage and cleanliness issues, not to mention HIV, hepatitis etc. I wouldn't unless I knew and trusted the person 100%, I wouldn't have donor milk unless it was from the same place the hospital get theirs from (wherever that is) because they have very strict regulations since a lot of donated milk is given to premature babies.
  • gramarye
    gramarye Posts: 586 Member
    I think my qualm is more obtaining the milk. You can find donors online, but with the cost of breastmilk from a bank being really high, it seems a little selfish to ask for donor milk for non-threatening health reasons. It's more suited for infants who *need* that nutrition, when I feel like as an adult, you can find other ways to supplement your diet.

    All that sarid, if you have someone in mind who isn't using that milk, well, by all means -- it's certainly not going to hurt you.
  • nack_23
    nack_23 Posts: 154
    I don't understand why so many people are freaked out by this, you will all happily drink the breastmilk of another species but from your own and its gross? Whos the weird ones....

    ANYWAY I think it's a great idea, not only is it nutritious is has amazing health benefits. However the quality issue is something that would bother me, like others have said pretty much everything the donor consumes goes into the milk plus the storage and cleanliness issues, not to mention HIV, hepatitis etc. I wouldn't unless I knew and trusted the person 100%, I wouldn't have donor milk unless it was from the same place the hospital get theirs from (wherever that is) because they have very strict regulations since a lot of donated milk is given to premature babies.

    Is the next thing people are going to say is to eat human ground burger? I think cows milk and cows beef should do just fine. Consuming something from another human seems a bit weird to me, other than breast feeding an INFANT.
  • Emma_Problema
    Emma_Problema Posts: 422 Member
    There's a fetish for that.

    Some ladies love their husbands to suck their breast milk. I don't know why you can't find your way into a threesome and enjoy the goodies.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    I think it's a great idea. Cow milk was made for baby cows. It makes much more sense for humans to drink human milk. Plus, human milk is sweeter and tastes better than cow milk.

    lol wow, are you really telling her to drink human breast milk. SMH

    Don't knock it until you've tried it.

    I'd think a Mr. Clean eater would be all over it.
  • felice03
    felice03 Posts: 2,644 Member
    I think it's a great idea. Cow milk was made for baby cows. It makes much more sense for humans to drink human milk. Plus, human milk is sweeter and tastes better than cow milk.

    lol wow, are you really telling her to drink human breast milk. SMH

    why shouldn't she?

    I always thought breast milk was for infants. Must have thought wrong i guess?

    I've just never heard any logical reason as to why someone shouldn't. It makes sense to me...

    Its weird?? In my OPINION anyway

    A lot of cultures eat things I feel are weird...but that doesn't make them wrong.
  • Firefox7275
    Firefox7275 Posts: 2,040 Member
    I think it's a great idea. Cow milk was made for baby cows. It makes much more sense for humans to drink human milk. Plus, human milk is sweeter and tastes better than cow milk.

    Eggs are for chick embryos, seeds are for seedling plants .... so?
  • nack_23
    nack_23 Posts: 154
    I think it's a great idea. Cow milk was made for baby cows. It makes much more sense for humans to drink human milk. Plus, human milk is sweeter and tastes better than cow milk.

    lol wow, are you really telling her to drink human breast milk. SMH

    Don't knock it until you've tried it.

    I'd think a Mr. Clean eater would be all over it.

    Yes yes yes. ALL over it, nothing like having a little breast milk with my wheaties or cheerios....
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