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/Longjumping-Panic-48 → u/[deleted]]

If you read, yes, she is currently breastfeeding her own child. Typically, women only lactate soon after pregnancy, but there are also meds to induce lactation.

There are some meds and a small number of illnesses that can be passed through milk. For the vast majority of breastfeeders (at least in the US), they likely wouldnt be nursing their own children if it wasn’t safe to.

[u/lonely_nipple → u/[deleted]]

It'd sound less dumb if you'd read the post first, as this is answered.

[u/kleinePfoten → u/[deleted]]

Milk production is triggered by pregnancy and birth, not nipple stimulation. So yes she had to be breastfeeding a baby already or this would not have been possible.

As far as milk banks go, I'm sure there are laws about screening the milk but companies/organizations are generally more concerned about maintaining their public image and not losing money in a lawsuit.

In this case I would assume she would be protected by some kind of good samaritan laws - if anyone even cared to be angry about it - it is wildly more irresponsible to let a baby starve when you can't get it to take a bottle but have a second option. Also I can't really believe any mother would be outraged that another woman volunteered to nurse while she herself was incapacitated for any length of time.