Would you drink your own breastmilk? - Page 3

[DCMama01]

Originally Posted by boobs4milk

clarification: why would you feed your kid something you refused to eat because it's 'gross' or 'tastes weird.' especially babies who have little choice in the matter. what i intended to say was that i would not force anything on my kid that i wouldn't eat myself. that is one reason i don't use formula

Even if it tastes weird or gross to an adult palate, babies don't know any better. Mine tastes sweet to me, but if it was 'weird', I'd still give it to my LO because it's the healthiest nourishment available.

[AntoninBeGonin]

I drank it before, mostly just for fun and to prove to myself that I could get my own boob to my mouth LOL. I'm not lactating any more though. I remember it being sweet, just plain coffee creamer but a bit thinner.

[MamaMelis]

If there was some proven benefit to me drinking it, or if it was a matter of survival/nourishment, sure, why not? I have tasted it, but the idea of sitting down with a nice glass of breastmilk does not necessarily get my mouth watering

[boobs4milk]

Originally Posted by KaylaBeanie

This is really weird, but I can't wait to taste breastmilk after having a baby. Not that I'll drink it all the time or anything, I just really want to taste mine someday

i just wonder if the 'gross' factor is societal? like, we've been told breasts are sexual but we feed our babies with them because that's how it's 'supposed to be but ewww i wouldn't eat that. i wonder also how many say ewww but then drink the milk (or eat it) from a cow's breast?

ETA: good luck kayla on ttc and getting you and your babe that first drink of mama milk

[prothyraia]

Originally Posted by boobs4milk

i'm not in love with breastmilk, but if i tasted it and thought "oh that is so gross i can't stand it" then i would seriously question putting it into my baby. hence the reason i don't use formula.

if you put this in the context of older children, i do not like mountain oysters. i do not like them and i would say "oh that is so gross i can't stand it" about mountain oysters. i would therefore not be serving moutain oysters as the only choice for my children's meal.

But, what if your children absolutely LOVE mountain oysters and greedily eat them whenever they get a chance and sob inconsolably if they can't have them?

In fact, what if they tried oysters before you did, thought it was awesome, and then you tried them and thought "yuck!"- should you take away their oysters then? How on earth does that make any sense at all?

[ann_of_loxley]

Yes. I have as well lol. Its yummy - sweet. Like the milk left in the bowl after you eat your cereal hehe.
I would happily drink someone elses BM as well. Not just any random stranger obviously. But I am not much of a milk drinker anyhow. I use it more in cooking. If you have it on tap - watch out! lmao

[Sarahstw]

Originally Posted by boobs4milk

i just wonder if the 'gross' factor is societal? like, we've been told breasts are sexual but we feed our babies with them because that's how it's 'supposed to be but ewww i wouldn't eat that. i wonder also how many say ewww but then drink the milk (or eat it) from a cow's breast?

yes, this quote exactly. I totally have the same gut reaction as most people at the thought of drinking my own milk - ew.
When people ask me why I don't drink cow's milk I try to elicit the same reaction - "ew! you drink stuff that comes out of a cow's tit?! Would you suckle from it too?!" I get a lot of blank stares but my message gets across. Plus, I'm lactose intolerant - I wonder if I'd react to my *own* lactose too...

[crunchy_mommy]

I would only drink it in more dire circumstances (say if there was a natural disaster & I had no access to food and water)...

Or maybe if I had a really serious illness and it might help...

I wouldn't drink it just for the heck of it... or for a minor cold or something... but more of that is because I just don't like the taste of it. And I'd feel weird. That milk is for babies. I kind of feel hypocritical saying that though -- in every other aspect we don't give DS something we wouldn't eat. We don't give him formula or rice cereal or pureed foods. But, we also wouldn't give him breastmilk once he's weaned (except in the above 'emergencies'). So I guess I just feel breastmilk is designed for babies/toddlers and not weaned children or adults. Hmm. interesting question.

ETA: And I don't drink cow's (or any other animal's!) milk either... I would drink my own milk before drinking another animal's.

[crunchy_mommy]

Does anyone's breastmilk NOT taste sweet??? Just curious... I tried mine a couple times and never thought it was particularly sweet... more spicy... almost like rice milk mixed with salsa or something???? LOL

Maybe that is why my 11-month-old loves jalapenos and chili...

[boobs4milk]

Originally Posted by crunchy_mommy

Does anyone's breastmilk NOT taste sweet??? Just curious... I tried mine a couple times and never thought it was particularly sweet... more spicy... almost like rice milk mixed with salsa or something???? LOL

Maybe that is why my 11-month-old loves jalapenos and chili...

i think it depends on what you are eating? the times i've tasted mine, it is very sweet. the pumped/frozen stuff is less sweet but still sweeter than cow milk.

as to the other points, i pump and give the milk to my weaned 4 yr old as an immune booster. i do drink cow's milk, but can't fathom taking it from the tap i don't think either breastmilk or another mammal's milk (i don't do soy, rice, almond, coconut milk's due to allergies) is ewwww, but i'm also not going to latch onto another animal's tit!

[boobs4milk]

Originally Posted by prothyraia

But, what if your children absolutely LOVE mountain oysters and greedily eat them whenever they get a chance and sob inconsolably if they can't have them?

In fact, what if they tried oysters before you did, thought it was awesome, and then you tried them and thought "yuck!"- should you take away their oysters then? How on earth does that make any sense at all?

i wouldn't make them eat something i will not try or absolutely hate. if they like them, by all means they can eat them. i just won't force feed them something i think is absolutely ewww. babies have to eat; to me formula is ewwww, breastmilk is not (fortunately).

i like chocolate, dd1 does not. when we have a treat that is chocolate, i don't make her eat it. dd1 likes laffy taffy, i do not but i don't tell her absolutely no laffy taffy because mom doesn't like it. but i do require that she eat her other healthy foods before she gets a snack

[caiesmommy]

I've TRIED it, dh has aswell. I voted under circumstances. Cause life and dath yay,

I will admit that when I had an ear infection I pumped and squirted into my infected ear for 2 days and no infection

[skyerae]

I have tried my own milk, but don't drink it regularly. I drank it more when I was pumping/expressing. I used to test it to see how it tasted, and to see if it had changed with my diet. I used to drink leftovers too. My son is almost two now and though he nurses a fair bit, my breasts don't have the "get up and go" they did when he was younger. LOL So, extra breast milk isn't something we have hanging around the house anymore.

I have never used it in cooking except when my son was about a year old and recovering from a stomach bug. I had overcooked brown rice leftover from making rice water for him. I added expressed BM to it along with a little cinnamon and then blended it. It was like rice pudding and tasted VERY good. I finished up what he didn't. We had that dessert a few times after but, like I mentioned I no longer have extra milk for that sort of thing.

I have tried warm raw goat's milk and it tasted very similar to my milk. Thinner and sweeter than regular milk. Dessert-y almost. I prefer to drink my milk cold... unless it's steamed. LOL

ETA: Whoops, sorry for the party hat. LOL That would be thanks to my toddler.

[almadianna]

rode that ride, got the tshirt and all...

yep i've drank it and would again, it isnt the best thing on earth but its good for you and if I am feeding it to my kids I have to taste it! I am like that about everything though, if Mike or I wont taste it, my kids cant have it.

[LDSmomma]

Originally Posted by tinyactsofcharity

In your situation, I'd neti pot with it. Or put some drops of it in your nose.

The antibodies in the bm are the same ones already in your body fighting the infection, so I don't think drinking it would help much. Applying it to the area might, though. I've long thought that if I got pink eye, I'd put milk in my eye.

[Italiamom]

I had really bad food poisoning when DS was about 5 months old. After 24 hours of awful wretching, I had some BM in the fridge that I had pumped a few days prior. I remembered reading that breastfed babies are less prone to vomiting/diarrhea, and that breastmilk can help sooth those things in infants. So I gave it a go and had about 4 ounces, and didn't puke again after that. I was out of bed in a few hours.

But it's not a regular thing

[mariekitt24]

There are many people that drink breast milk as adults, have with coffee, cook with it.. I have observed that especially on this site, a lot of womens husbands enjoy their wives milk now and then. I dont think it is harmful at all, and I actually believe its better for us to be drinking than cows milk. but as for me personally, I'm not used to the idea. I grew up in a society where breastfeeding was nearly unheard of, breastfeeding in public never happened before my eyes, and drinking the mothers milk was taboo. So while I am pro breastfeeding and say more power to whomever drinks it, I myself have not gotten so used to the thought that I could freely drink it. So my answer was yes under certain cirumstances, because I wouldnt want to rule it out, and I have wished that my husband would at least taste it. I found this article to be eye opening, I think it was in mothering as some point? heres the url anyway..
http://drmomma.blogspot.com/2009/07/...ghis-khan.html