Either I am premenstrual or that was the most beautiful thing I have ever
heard.  I am still crying.

Debbie Codding, RNC
Naval Hospital Guam

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> From: JMowatt <[log in to unmask]>
> To:
> Subject: Re: breastmilk for adults
> Date: Tuesday, August 18, 1998 12:58 PM
>
> The following post is from a mom I know on a parenting website. She
> has given me permission to post her reply to me on Lactnet. Hope this
> helps a bit.
>
> Jenn
>
> ***Yes my DH has cancer (metastatic tongue, spread to lymph nodes both
> sides) - it is not considered "terminal" in fact the latest MRI shows
> no visible tumor!  I have been giving him some EBM off and on for
> several months.  Before he was on a feeding tube I'd slip it into his
> milk shakes (no informed consent there!)  After reading lots and
> looking at his "formula" for his tube feeds he finally asked me
> "what's the difference between what I get in my tube and the milk you
> make for baby?" (our 5th child will be a year in September).  Here was
> my "in."  I said short answer "antibodies" (among everything else, but
> I thought he wanted to cut to the chase).  Then he asked a friend of
> mine the same thing and she concurred, having not known what I said.
>  Then he asked me if I'd give him some.  I gladly pumped.  As a spouse
> of a cancer sufferer you feel pretty much useless.  This gave me
> something concrete I could do.  Given I didn't pump much, or
> consistently sometimes only 2-4 ounces.!
> I found fenugreek really helped to boost my supply.  There is no
> reason to think the amount helped or didn't help.  One thing's for
> sure though, it helped our spirits - something that can't be measured.
>  It was liquid love.
> I commented to some friends last night that Anastasia is the only
> child of mine that will have never tandem nursed (all the other
> siblings did, as they were all about 2 years apart and weaned at 4- 4+
> years).  Then it occurred to someone as they left that she *is* sorta
> tandem nursing (or at least sharing her wealth) with her Dad.  LOL
> I don't know if this helps.  It's our story.  Some think it's odd,
> others wonderful.  We are doing what we think is best for our family
> in our situation.  I asked Jack Newman how much I should try to give
> for it to make a "difference."  He basically said there was no
> definitive answer that he knew of.
> Patricia V***
>