2007-11-23 23:42:05 · 22 answers · asked by garah 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
If you're lactating you can breastfeed any baby, which is why wet nurses were used in royal families for so long. It is however a matter of social acceptance now. not many people want other women feeding their babies!
2007-11-23 23:44:58 · answer #1 · answered by Andromeda Newton™ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. This used to be common in the past when mothers would employ a wet nurse to feed their babies. It can also be very useful through official channels ( hospital services ) to feed babies who need breastmilk.
2007-11-23 23:46:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I even have never heard of this the two. that's complicated for some women individuals to breastfeed, and doubtless some toddlers have greater gentle stomaches (possibly there replaced into an underlying difficulty along with his digestive device)... yet i've got not heard of infant being allergic to his own mothers breastmilk. i would not difficulty approximately it in any respect!
2016-10-02 04:00:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes that was how it was done for centuries. that has only changed recently in American and Modern Countries, mainly because of all the diseases that can be passed through breast-milk. Alot of cultures still employee "Wet Nurses". In some cultures there are women whose duty is to breastfeed nursing and sick children, while the mothers take up other jobs. But if mom is healthy and drug free, its safe.
2007-11-24 01:43:49 · answer #4 · answered by LoTs2ShArE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes a mother can breastfeed other babies
2007-11-23 23:45:11 · answer #5 · answered by reggie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as a woman is clean of any virus's or disease, and has the consent of the childs parents, she can breastfeed any baby.
there is no magical dna marker which will make the baby sick
2007-11-24 02:39:29 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,she can do that!!And she can to breastmilk her baby too.
2007-11-23 23:46:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even today there are breast milk banks. Lactating women donate their milk. However, the best is mother's milk to her child. However, breast milk is still much better than formula. Just search "breast milk banks" and you'll get some good results.
2007-11-24 00:49:09 · answer #8 · answered by Vegan_Mom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
apparently so. hospitals now store breastmilk from other mums to feed newborns who need it . other cultures do it they are called wet nurses
2007-11-23 23:48:05 · answer #9 · answered by Carrie W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and it was very common until a hundred years ago for wealthy women to have one of her servants breastfeed her children
2007-11-23 23:46:55 · answer #10 · answered by Rikounet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋