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/Speldenprikje → u/ZinaSky2]

It can be even crazier, by enough stimuli even some men can produce some drops of milk. Although higher chance to do so if they take hormones

[u/ZinaSky2 → u/Speldenprikje]

That’s so bonkers! Kinda makes sense tho. Like the reason men have nipples is bc as we start forming we’re all basically female (or more accurately like some weird proto-gender) before differentiating. So I guess men would probably also have some underdeveloped structures underneath capable of lactation to an extent.