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Re: s/o babu's holy sh!tballz post
I don't have a problem with the concept of someone else bf my baby, obviously with my consent.
I have a serious problem with the thought a psycho non-lactating person sticking her boob in my baby's mouth.
This is where I'm at as well. Someone other than me (who is actually lactating) nursing one of my kids WITH MY PERMISSION is totally different than someone trying to do it without me knowing, behind my back.
My sister owns her own practice, so she was back to work 5 days after my nephew was born. She has an apartment above her office, so her husband just sees his clients up there for now so he can be close to the baby and she can come up between her patients to nurse.
My BIL was away for work one day last week, so L and I spent the afternoon up there with my nephew instead. My sister kept her cell phone in her pocket so I could text her if he started to cry and needed to be fed so she could come upstairs.
He cried, I texted her, she was with a patient and would be up as soon as she was done. By the time she got upstairs (10 mins later) my nephew was asleep all snuggled in my arms.
She made a joke asking me if I had fed him, because I'd be such a good wet nurse. Obviously I hadn't.
But I would, if he was starving and she was completely unavailable. And I wouldn't be weirded out if she were to feed L either, if something were to happen to me.
I'd be ok with either of my sisters feeding her. But no one else.
If my non-lactating SIL were to try it? I'd punch her in her damn fool face.
Wouldn't call the cops if it were a family member or an extreme situation where it was the ONLY option at the time. Ugh, it just seems so SAD and SICK (mentally) to do what that lady's SIL did. Not normal.
But I think my issue is more feeling violated on the mother not being aware that it was going on than the actual act of someone else breastfeeding my child, bc who knows what else could happen if your caretaker forgets to mention that little detail.
But I don't have kids, so I don't know anything.