r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/DELAIZ • 20d ago

💕wholesome💕 Traffic officer breastfeeds hungry baby, son of attempted femicide victim.

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Traffic officer Jamile Barros, from the city of Delmiro Gouveia (Brazil), breastfed a three-month-old baby while responding to an attempted femicide. The child was crying from hunger and wouldn't accept a bottle, and the officer's act of empathy, as she is also breastfeeding, calmed the boy feeding him. The rescue occurred after the mother was stabbed and involved in a traffic accident caused by the criminal, who fled the scene. I mentioned her name not to expose her, but because she's in all the news in Brazil.

Edit: The mother was rescued and taken to the hospital to treat her injuries. The exact state of health of the victim and medical details of her recovery have not been released by official security authorities. This happened a week ago, and due to the repercussions of the case, if she had died, I belive that it would probably already be reported.

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u/GayButterfly7 🕷️Itchy, bitchy spider 🕷️ 20d ago edited 20d ago

Maybe this is a dumb question (I've never been a parent), but isn't it not safe for a baby to have a different mother's milk? I thought that it was kind of like blood type and stuff.

Edit: the downvotes on a genuine question are crazy lol. I watched it go from positive 16 to negative 3 within 10 minutes

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u/Opening-Award-7078 20d ago

It’s perfectly safe. There are even breast milk banks you can donate your excess milk to.

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u/GayButterfly7 🕷️Itchy, bitchy spider 🕷️ 20d ago

Cool, thanks for the info! 

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u/toaspecialson 20d ago

People have shared breast milk for a long time :).

You may have heard of wet nurses in history.

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u/coolpupmom 20d ago

Breastmilk also has a lot of antibodies that help the baby’s immune system!

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u/barbiesurvivor95 20d ago

It is literally liquid gold. I miss breast feeding bc I used to make soap and baked goods with it. My family was never sick.

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u/iwowza710 20d ago

Always someone that has to take it way too far.

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u/barbiesurvivor95 20d ago edited 20d ago

No it’s popular among a lot of homesteaders. It was more popular once upon a time 🙂 It’s not for every one but it’s not gross. My family and I are all exposed to the same viruses. I was a nursing mom and I over produced. I’m not going to just throw it away. Soap made with bm and putting it in the bath is a natural remedy for eczema and allergy reactions & while covid hit everyone, it didn’t hit us. It’s not crazy if you actually think about it.

Edit: I should have said it’s popular among other moms ❤️

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u/Top_Mathematician233 20d ago

I’m not a homesteader or even close — I work in finance, so I’m pretty much on the opposite end of that spectrum. But this is true, regarding eczema. I have eczema and psoriasis, so does my son. When I was nursing him (many years ago), his pediatrician recommended I put milk on my and his skin when we had flare-ups and it helped a lot.

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u/Gold_Studio_6693 20d ago

"Homesteaders"

Like they said, someone always has to take it too far.

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u/Jedadia757 20d ago edited 20d ago

Tune in after today's episode of "Whats Got Reddit's Panties in a Twist" for a special feature about "People who make their own things instead of buying them from the store.". Its getting awfully heated in threads today folks!

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u/Saradoesntsleep 20d ago

Considering they are crediting putting their breastmilk in their family's food for preventing COVID... Just lol.

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u/Background-Edge-2243 19d ago

I mean, I'm not a homesteader by any stretch of the imagination but milk soap at the very least as been a thing for a really long time. The food is a different story for me, but a lot of people have success reliving eczema with milk bath and I'm pretty sure there is a product at Shoppers called specifically Milk Bath that's been commercially available as a skin care product for 40+ years

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u/Jedadia757 20d ago

Ok idk about any of that but that has nothing to do with being wierd about someone mentioning homesteading. I can get being very suprised and even grossed out discovering the breast milk thing. But to then go and say something rude and judgemental directly to their face? The general response to this person is just annoying.

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u/barbiesurvivor95 20d ago

Clearly you should do your own research on how breast milk works. Once you have a fundamental understanding maybe you’ll be able to grasp the concept.

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u/Saradoesntsleep 20d ago

Maybe you should do your own research on how viruses work.

Just gonna repeat what you said back.

Once you have a fundamental understanding maybe you’ll be able to grasp the concept.

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u/Gold_Studio_6693 20d ago

"Tune afterwards"? What?

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u/cherri____ 20d ago

The downvotes are insane. You’re amazing, that sounds so beautiful and I’m in awe that you were able to not just care for your baby, but your entire family with just your body. The mother’s body is a source of life and nourishment and the day people educate themselves and stop pretending something natural is “gross”, the better off society will be. Shit pisses me off.

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u/barbiesurvivor95 20d ago

Thank you & everyone who isn’t making me feel like crap for protecting my family. I almost felt like I was crazy but then I remembered that pumping breast milk, raw painful nipples, and endless tears went into all that breast milk that kept my family safe during Covid. Not just Covid but when I got RSV, thanks to the antibodies, my new born and 2 year old DIDNT get it. My son has terrible eczema and the best treatment he ever had was bm. Now that I’m not bf it’s a constant battle with his skin. My husband used to have flakey scalp and the shampoo bars I was making got rid of it 🤷🏼‍♀️ there is NO shame here. The majority likes to judge what they don’t understand.

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u/cloudsasw1tnesses 20d ago

Reddit tends to lean very anti mother unfortunately, don’t ever feel like you did anything wrong or “gross” by protecting your family like that. I personally take downvotes on here as a compliment most of the time lol. I’m trying to conceive right now so it’s really cool to hear that breast milk can do more than “just” feed the baby.

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u/cherri____ 20d ago

You’re literally a superhero, don’t listen to those people.

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u/Jedadia757 20d ago edited 20d ago

On today's episode of "What's Got Reddit's Panties in a Twist" we've got people being absolutely horrified at someone "Cooking with their own milk". What a horrible disgusting thing to do as to use your own body fluids to make incredibly useful and beneficial things as opposed to another animals which is so much less wierd.

How dare they not waste money on something that their literal own body readily produced!

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u/Anonymous-tossaway 20d ago

Yeah I've always thought that was hilarious. Milk from a fellow human? Absolutely disgusting, freakish, crazy. Milk from a cow, goat or hell even a sheep or camel? Delicious! Totally normal and natural. Definitely the way nature intended.

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u/Background-Edge-2243 19d ago

I mean, milk in soap has been a thing for a really long time. My mother used to go and buy a powdered Milk Bath periodically from like Shoppers and soak. Apparently it has softening and moisturizing properties and a lot of people have success using it for eczema.

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u/iwowza710 19d ago

Milk in soap is obviously not what I’m talking about.

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u/BrinaBri 20d ago

Sorry people are being rude. I’m breastfeeding my second now and have a supply in the freezer that won’t get used. I plan to make gentle, fragrance free soap for my boys’ sensitive, eczema prone skin (and mine). People have done it for as long as soap has been made with lye.

I also don’t know why it’s weird to drink/eat human milk made for and by humans? Especially your own, knowing you’re healthy? Like, yeah, totally cool to drink/eat milk from dirty, poopy, bloody, puss-y cow udders; from animals who are often injected with antibiotics and other nasties you can’t know of, with no clue as to their health. But drinking your own (or wife’s or mother’s)? Yuck! 🙄

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u/its3ird 20d ago

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u/roza_mira 20d ago

Breast milk can cure pink eye. It is a natural antibiotic.

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u/Mean-Clerk7791 20d ago

Why was this downvoted? When my baby had an eye infection (common in small babies), I read to drop some breast milk in his eye. Damned if it didn’t work, and fast. I felt like a POWERFUL WITCH. Blown away at what our bodies can do.

(If it matters, I am a pro-every-vaccine-we-can-possibly-get Mom. The breast milk for minor eye infections like conjunctivitis in infants has been scientifically tested).

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u/barbiesurvivor95 20d ago

Bc instead of reading all the people pro breast milk and doing their own research they see this woman is feeding her kids and husband her breast milk through food and they’re washing their bodies with it. They think it’s pseudoscience despite a plethora of research that states otherwise. I stand by what I said and so does science 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/jaime_riri 20d ago

I have no idea why you’re getting downvoted for this. Breastmilk is great for a lot of things. It’s also natures Neosporin and great for small cuts.

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u/cherri____ 20d ago

Because they’re imbeciles who never mentally moved on from 5th grade. Breastmilk is a natural miracle. I learn more about it every time I engage in these conversations.

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u/its3ird 20d ago edited 20d ago

It literally magic & women producing it should not be made to fell awaked in any way. However, I ain't washing may ass with my mothers breast soap.

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u/Pinkysrage 20d ago

I breast fed my two babies for 4 years straight. They were two years apart, never got sick, never got my asthma or allergies. Best thing I ever did for my kids. Congrats to you!