10 Reasons Why I Would Breastfeed Someone Else's Baby
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I saw a question posted on one of my posts. This was the question,
"I see a lot of women saying they really want to wet nurse and are excited about wet nursing. Can anyone make me understand why it's exciting to nurse someone else's child?"
So it got me thinking, why is wet nursing appealing to some. I have listed ten reasons as to why wet nursing appeals to some moms.
Before the development of baby formulas in the 20th century, when a mother was unable to breastfeed her baby, the baby's life was put in danger if a wet nurse was not available. A wet nurse is a woman who breastfeeds and cares for another's child. Keep in mind that, before the invention of bottles and formula, wet nursing was the safest and most common alternative to the natural mother's breastmilk. So the only thing that has changed, is the invention of formula and bottles.
