Breastfeeding Scene


I know someone posted a comment simular but my question is who would breast feed a baby that is not thier own like that? I have never heard of anything like that before. I think that would freak anyone out. Are there people that would do that? (even in other cultures?)

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There are some cultures that do have a community breast feeding. Some Native cultures still do this.

But this is incredibley rare and for the most part it's become voodoo universally. Personally, I agree.........that would be really *beep* wierd.

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There are actually "banks" for breast milk now. It's pretty expensive, I think. Women who have trouble breastfeeding their children can buy breast milk from women who can still express (pump) it and are willing to do so. I'm not sure if the women who do the expressing get paid for it or do it for free. Adoptive parents often buy this milk, as well as others who have trouble for other reasons such as various forms of breast surgery (not necessarily a deterrent to breastfeeding) or other medical conditions. I think that if you have close friends you know are very healthy and who are breastfeeding their children you might not have a problem with them feeding your child with your permission. Also, if you had problems breastfeeding you might be willing to accept breast milk from a friend you trust (i.e. know their health habits) who can still express milk and is willing to provide it to you. Breast milk is extremely nutritious. Having had to supplement (e.g. both nursed and fed formula) my child I would consider this option if we had another child. But, I would not appreciate it if a stranger took it upon themselves to nurse my child without asking!!!!

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I meant to post this poem by Victoria Redel, the author of Loverboy. It's titled Milk and should be read by anyone who has been moved by that scene in the film. Here is an except and a link to it on Google books, as I can't copy it from that page and can not find it elsewhere:

Milk

That first winter coming back to our bed what did I want?
My mother tits tongued, licked back to breasts again?
Can I say that sometimes it came on me, a pleasure
in that dark where I rocked taking the clamp
of the baby's bony ridged gums...

http://books.google.com/books?id=yE9pIm90yDcC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52 &dq=+%22that+first+winter+coming+back+to+our+bed%22&source=web &ots=anhtToIUPt&sig=qF0gHDpztyfHEROL2T9cMIdAhGM&hl=en

I always liked the way a scraped knee looks on a girl. - Mrs. Harker

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It was actually quite common in Europe (and probably around the world) up until modern times. It's where the term nursemaid comes from. In Romeo and Juliet, the Nurse character was Juliet's "wet-nurse." If a woman could not nurse her child, for whatever reason, someone else would have to. Often a good friend who had also recently given birth or a woman who had lost a child. Or even sometimes a wealthy woman would hire a nursemaid. Remember, for most of recorded history, there was no such thing as formula and a baby who didn't have access to breastmilk would die very quickly.

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You're right - also, rich women who didn't want to be tied down to breast feeding (meaning almost all of them) for CENTURIES hired wet-nurses.

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I just saw this scene, actually...
Is it possible that Kyras' character hallucinated? Perhaps the woman wasn't breast feeding her son. Then again, who knows. I just tuned in. If anyone out there knows for sure, please post.

Why did the calliope crash to the ground? Was it blinded by the light?

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I reran that scene 3 times and the visual was subtle. My interpretation was that Emily interpreted it as breastfeeding, whether it was or not. Nursing someone else's baby would be kind of strange, but it's not too much of a suspension of disbelief to think that a lactating mom of a certain temperament might instinctively calm a fretful infant that way. Babies will search for a nipple on anyone.

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That was so bizarre. I knew someone was wrong, but I never expected her to be breastfeeding the baby! That is the strangest thing ever to go to someone's house and breastfeed their child without permission. I would have charges filed against her.

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That scene was weird & horrible..... I would be flipping P-ed if another woman did that to my kid.......

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