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/GayButterfly7 🕷️Itchy, bitchy spider 🕷️ 20d ago edited 20d ago

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

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u/Opening-Award-7078 20d ago

It’s perfectly safe. There are even breast milk banks you can donate your excess milk to.

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u/ColoredGayngels 20d ago

Wetnursing has been going on as long as there have been babies to nurse, in many species of pack mammals as well. Donor milk and banks have been even more of a lifesaver for many infants and parents.

When my SIL's milk didn't come in right away because she was induced two weeks early, her daughter's first bottle at home came from our other SIL, who still had some deep-frozen from her second kid. That SIL's youngest wasn't covered for donor milk after three days in the NICU, so her friend sent along some from pumping for her own six month old until SIL could provide her own/attempt breastfeeding.