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© Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.The battle for control of the growing breast milk industry
By MICHAEL CATALINI TRENTON, N.J.©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Britlover
It's weird that I feel weird about something so natural but it just feels that it's a very private thing, personal... bitty anyone? No, no thanks.
browny1
I think the latest Mad Max movie has given this fledgling industry a boost.
lucabrasi
Tried it once; the wife had a bit going spare. Bitter and watery, I thought.
Don't see why babies are so into it.... ; )
SenseNotSoCommon
The whole industry could go tits up.
nath
Grown men buying it sounds kind of creapy. ewwww
Deanna Clark
Long ago my pumped milk saved a crack baby's life...the 12th baby a local prostitute had prematurely. The little creature was so tiny! Some of its siblings died under mysterious circumstances...I got to see the side of humanity most people never see. What concerns me is this. The movement back to breastfeeding that began in the 1950s emphasized the personal bond...the emotional tie that would help build better families, closer and healthier kids. The I watched it turn into a health food branch...purely materialistic. Sometimes career mothers would pump for hours to freeze bottles for the nanny. Huge effort...and somewhat noble. But hardly the tie that binds. Now it looks like even the tie that binds with a mother, baby and nanny will fizzle into a complete and marketable commodity...one that no doubt will become part of free trade zones, nursing sweatshops, and on the shelf at Walmart.
By the way...wet nurses were known to switch their own baby for the employer's...putting the boss's baby out to a baby farm to live on gruel and maybe starve. Busy, social butterflies might never even notice... Not a great system!!