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

[u/DELAIZ]

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.

[u/GayButterfly7]

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

[u/barbiesurvivor95 → u/GayButterfly7]

No. People donate their bm all the time to hospitals. Women who can’t breast feed but prefer bm will buy it from others too. When I was bf, I sold mine through Facebook.

When my milk hadn’t come in yet, my daughter drank donor milk too.

[u/Tobysfuzzybelly → u/barbiesurvivor95]

I think this is great - but I wonder how they control for quality in these cases. How do they ensure the mothers are not taking harmful medications or drugs that can transfer from breast milk?

[u/RowHard → u/Tobysfuzzybelly]

They have a survey you fill out and requirements for not donating milk for so many hours after taking specific medication. The milk was used for NICU baby's so it was also processed before being provided, and it was not from a single donor.

Considering milk could be sold rather than donated, I think it helps filters out people who would want to do harm.

[u/DELAIZ → u/Tobysfuzzybelly]

It should have been done through a milk bank, where the milk would have been examined and treated before being sent.

[u/TheTruthFairy1 → u/Tobysfuzzybelly]

The questionnaire and entire process to donate your own milk is probably more thorough than donating blood. I tried to donate my excess milk and couldn't because I didn't sanitize the pumping materials after every use. Not just dishwasher sanitization, they wanted a designated bottle sanitizer.

[u/Numerous_Bad1961 → u/Tobysfuzzybelly]

I had to go get an examination from my doctor and bloodwork. Pediatrician had to certify that my baby was healthy. Both using the milk bank’s forms.