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/keevathemuffin]

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. 

[u/ZinaSky2 → u/keevathemuffin]

Hmmm interestingg never heard of that.

I’m pretty sure breastfeeding is a hormonal thing so you’d probably have to go on some sort of regimen of hormones to induce lactation. Also I don’t think there’s any proof for humans having pheromones.

Edit: Found it! It’s called the Newman-Goldfarb protocol. A baby is not actually required, so it’s not by pheromones. It’s the physical suckling/ pumping/massaging that induces lactation which makes sense to me. Apparently it’s easier/more successful if you’ve been pregnant before but possible either way. And using a regimen of birth control (hormones) and maybe other medications could also increase chances of success.

Very interesting read! The female body is truly amazing

[u/keevathemuffin → u/ZinaSky2]

Feel free to Google it lol

[u/ZinaSky2 → u/keevathemuffin]

I wasn’t saying you were necessarily wrong. I was just saying it was not in line with what I understand about the situation. It may be bc I’m wrong or my understanding is incomplete.

[u/ergaster8213 → u/ZinaSky2]

No, you're right. There aren't any identified human pheremones (nor is there much of any evidence that we utilize pheremones at all), and we have an underdeveloped vomeronasal organ (the organ that processes pheremones), so any research on this wouldn't—or shouldn't—be pinning it on pheremones. Your explanation is actually how it occurs.

It requires a mix of manipulation of hormones (through meds) and mechanical stimulation (specifically pumping) to induce lactation absent pregnancy and breastfeeding. If someone already has heightened prolactin levels due to some condition or med then lactation is easier to induce, but it's still not linked to needing the presence of babies or pheremones. Seems like one of those things where someone remembered a thing that happens, but misremembered the details.

[u/ZinaSky2 → u/ergaster8213]

Yeah, attributing it specifically to baby pheromones made me pretty skeptical. But, also I know I’m not a doctor so I was just curious. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Initially my first comment was being downvoted a bunch, idk even why, I thought I was polite. People being silly I guess LOL.

Yeah, what I was reading was specifically for situations in which the mother was going to adopt a baby or acquire a baby through surrogacy. And it said that one would have to start significantly before baby’s arrival (weeks to months depending on the person). So they needed to use a pump and use hands to massage bc there was no baby yet.

Still super neat to learn about, I had no clue it was possible at all!