Hi, All:  Hope everyone had a Blessed Easter and Passover this last week!  
Wet nursing and milk sharing are a LOT more common than any of us are 
aware.  Within the population I serve (primarily white, married, upper-middle 
and upper class women where the breastfeeding initiation is a whopping 93%) 
I am aware of a large "underground".  My moms are smart - they don't talk 
about it because they don't want to have to deal with the criticism.  They do 
talk to me about it, though, and some even use Baby Bistro - the support 
group here at the hospital, to tap into the abundance of moms' milk for any 
additional milk needs they may have.  Many of the moms who meet in the 
group use each other for babysitting and some are comfortable with foregoing 
bottles of EBM and just nursing each others' babies.
I do not have a problem with this behavior, as long it is consensual and moms 
are comfortable with the practice and aware of all the issues.

Pam Hirsch, BSN,RN,IBCLC
Clinical Lead, Lactation Services
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
Barrington, IL   USA

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