PEDIATRIC ACADEMIC SOCIETIES
BALTIMORE – A new study examines the history and resurgence of milk sharing. Findings from the study will be presented during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2019 Meeting, taking place on April 24 – May 1 in Baltimore.
Wet nursing was considered the safest and most popular alternative form of nutrition until further options were invented, leading to the eventual decline in the profession. Now, society is seeing a resurgence in milk sharing practices through women with an oversupply who are storing extra breast milk and selling it. Unlike wet nursing, however, these interactions often take place away from the regulations and medical examinations that once kept this practice relatively safe.
Read more here:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/pas-nse_1042619.php
Interesting for sure, given what we are hearing in practice. Thanks for sharing!