"Johnson, Martha (Lactation-SHMC)" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
(snip)
> I had so much fun reading this, I had no idea wet nursing was a
commonplace
> as recently as the 1920's.  I was wowed by the lactation knowledge shown
in
> having the stronger baby stimulate the breasts of a mom who had delivered
a
> premie.

My mother, born in Texas 1945, was wet nursed for almost 2 years.
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Monique
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