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Copyright 1995 Pacific Press Ltd. The Vancouver Sun
August 5, 1995, Saturday, FINAL EDITION
SECTION: PEOPLE; COLUMN ONE; Pg. H1
LENGTH: 619 words
BYLINE: VANSUN
BODY: Every new mother has heard this line from the new father, usually at
about 3 a.m.: "Gee honey, I'd love to get up and feed the baby . . . too
bad you're breast-feeding. "
It won't be long before that little scam goes the way of the Dodo bird.
According to Parenting magazine, reports on the research of Jared Diamond
of the UCLA Medical School indicate that men have the potential ability to
nurse.
Human males have nipples and mammary glands, says Diamond.
All they lack are the hormones: the adolescent surge that makes female
mammary glands develop, and the pregnancy-related hormones that stimulate
milk production.
Parenting looks ahead to "emerging social trends" -- multiple births caused
by fertility drugs, for example -- that "could eventually create a demand
for new sources of parental nourishment."
Definitely food for thought.
[log in to unmask] (Arly Helm, LC)
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