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Earth dads give breast milk a try
Times Online ^ | Mar. 13, 2005 | Lois Rogers

Posted on 03/13/2005 9:16:16 AM PST by Crackingham

For many men fatherhood is not quite the same unless they have shared the experience as far as possible. A survey has found that a third of modern fathers admit to tasting their wife’s or girlfriend’s breast milk. The researchers discovered that it is fairly common for fathers to drink breast milk several times, especially with subsequent children — even though they did not particularly like the taste.

The fathers surveyed said the milk-tasting was part of an emotional urge to immerse themselves in the process of infant rearing — far removed from the “bitty, bitty” sketch in the BBC’s cult comedy Little Britain in which a fortysomething character played by David Walliams demands to be suckled by his mother.

The willingness for fathers to admit such urges is thought to be part of a growing trend for men to seek ways of enriching the “pregnancy experience”.

“It was just part of the whole having-a-baby experience,” said Andrew Brown, a 36-year-old television producer from Totnes, Devon, who has two children.

“Watching my children getting nourishment from my wife was intensely moving and I wanted to be part of it all. I just did it spontaneously.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: breastmilk; catherinezetajones; draftorbythebottle; insomanyways; thisthreadcangobad; yech
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1 posted on 03/13/2005 9:16:16 AM PST by Crackingham
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Oh thats just gross dude!


2 posted on 03/13/2005 9:17:10 AM PST by cmsgop (Post Reply | Private Reply | To 282 | View Replies | Report Abuse ])
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To: Crackingham

OH,,MY,,,LORD


3 posted on 03/13/2005 9:17:18 AM PST by cajungirl (no)
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The fathers surveyed said the milk-tasting was part of an emotional urge to immerse themselves in the process of infant rearing

I hope the next generation of British men get their balls and their guns back.

4 posted on 03/13/2005 9:18:06 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Crackingham

Sounds like a bit of a fetish to me. The infant needs the
milk, the father doesn't.


5 posted on 03/13/2005 9:18:18 AM PST by dwilli
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To: Crackingham

Ya gotta check for protein and butterfat content!!!


6 posted on 03/13/2005 9:18:38 AM PST by Rifleman
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To: Crackingham
Warm Milk?

Bleeech.

But maybe in a milkshake ......?

SO9

7 posted on 03/13/2005 9:19:27 AM PST by Servant of the 9 (Trust Me)
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We have breached the final taboo, kids. ew.


8 posted on 03/13/2005 9:20:02 AM PST by blogbat (Blogbat: ein Fahrgeschäft durch die Weltnachrichten)
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To: Crackingham

Gentlemen...Guinness is good for you.

Learn it. Know it. Live it.


9 posted on 03/13/2005 9:21:03 AM PST by RichInOC (...somebody had to say it...why not me?)
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If you have sex after having a baby then your likely to encounter breast milk. LOL


10 posted on 03/13/2005 9:21:09 AM PST by SouthernFreebird
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The willingness for fathers to admit such urges is thought to be part of a growing trend for men to seek ways of enriching the “pregnancy experience”.

Wow, I'm almost Noble. Sweet.

11 posted on 03/13/2005 9:21:16 AM PST by Gumption
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Coming soon to California and spreading eastward like most "trends" in this country.


12 posted on 03/13/2005 9:21:31 AM PST by The South Texan (The Democrat Party and the leftist (ABCCBSNBCCNN NYLATIMES)media are a criminal enterprise!)
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To: dead

"The fathers surveyed said the milk-tasting was part of an emotional urge to immerse themselves in the process of infant rearing"

Forgot to add: more like its jelous dads trying to get some attention back from their newly mommified wives. I suggest high-protein counseling instead.


13 posted on 03/13/2005 9:21:43 AM PST by blogbat (Blogbat: ein Fahrgeschäft durch die Weltnachrichten)
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Now that's just silly. I don't believe this is widespread for a minute.

Regards, Ivan


14 posted on 03/13/2005 9:22:29 AM PST by MadIvan (One blog to bring them all...and in the Darkness bind them: http://www.theringwraith.com/)
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To: cmsgop
Oh thats just gross dude!

Obviously no one has told you about the 'New Age' custom of cooking up the placenta for dinner.

Now That's GROSS.

SO9

15 posted on 03/13/2005 9:24:16 AM PST by Servant of the 9 (Trust Me)
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To: Crackingham
this thread is just silly
16 posted on 03/13/2005 9:24:37 AM PST by Rakkasan1 (Keep capitol punishment safe,legal , and rare...)
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To: dead
I hope the next generation of British men get their balls and their guns back.

Sorry, but I believe it's a lost cause. Their best are coming here and to Aussieland. The remaining are too lazy and complacent to make a difference. Let's hope we can reverse our trend of becoming like 'em.

17 posted on 03/13/2005 9:24:42 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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18 posted on 03/13/2005 9:24:54 AM PST by gopwinsin04
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To: dead
I hope the next generation of British men get their balls and their guns back.

Well said!

19 posted on 03/13/2005 9:25:01 AM PST by DTogo (U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie
The remaining are too lazy and complacent to make a difference.

Excuse me?

Ivan, still in the UK

20 posted on 03/13/2005 9:25:34 AM PST by MadIvan (One blog to bring them all...and in the Darkness bind them: http://www.theringwraith.com/)
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