This is my first post to lactnet.
I work as a Health Visitor in Fleet, Hampshire, England, I'm also a
volunteer breastfeeding counsellor with the National Childbirth Trust (NCT)
& passed the lactation consultant exam this year.

Kate Hallberg wrote
> the flip side of that is the issue of living cells in
> fresh mother's milk.  We know that's a positive, but I
> *know* there are people out there who are repelled by
> the idea of ingesting living cells, or by the thought
> of giving them to their baby.

I've heard this sort of comment too, & I think those who are repelled by
*living cells* equate them to infectious pathogens & being unsterile, which
just scares them.

I try to help others value how very special, fresh mothers milk is, &
compare it with the human blood from which it is made.

Human blood can't be
manufactured, & neither can human milk.

Both are precious living & dynamic
fluids, too complex to replicate.  The *living cells* are unique, highly
protective & medicinal in quality, yet very delicate & easily destroyed
(totally by pasteurisation & partially by freezing)

I find this helps change feelings of disgust into respect, for mothers milk.

Sheila Company RGN  RSCN  HV  IBCLC
& NCT bfc
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