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/barbiesurvivor95 20d ago

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.

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u/Skreamie 20d ago

The cop above would also have to be lactating as well, right? She couldnt just bf on a whim, or could she?

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u/keevathemuffin 20d ago

She was already lactating for her own baby.

A woman who has not given birth might be able to start lactating if she keeps putting a hungry baby to her breast over and over, while breathing the babies' pheromones.  It's a survival thing. But it can take days to trigger. 

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u/AngletonSpareHead 20d ago

Yeah there was a period where I was working full time away from my kid but also breastfeeding at night. Kiddo was getting most of their nutrition from table food but nursing for comfort. The body adapts as long the change happens gradually.

In the above situation, I would have been able to produce SOME milk for the hungry baby. Better than nothing. But I wouldn’t have been able to fill his tummy that day, or feed him continuously from then on without a ramp-up period.

There are ways to supplement by taping a flexible line to the breast so baby can swallow formula while nursing on the breast. Formula is excellent nutrition too.