Okla. Woman Faces Breast-Feeding Charge

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[AxelPaulsenJr]

Oh breast feed me baby!

[mylife]

but if people want it to be illegal, they should pass a law

NO MORE FREAKIN LAWS PULLEEEEzzzzzze!

[mylife]

What has been done is done and there was no malice or damage incurred. Im sure it wont ever happen again to this child.

[Geritol]

In this day and age where we have people allegedly dying of cancer because of the monkey virus contamination of polio vaccines decades ago, where we have multiple types of herpes, hepatitus, aids, and other diseases that can be passed thru mothers milk or even skin contact, and have disease gestation periods of years or decades, I am not surprised at some level of outrage.

On the other hand, this has nothing to do with decency, this is a potential health endangerment issue. Unless there was some theatrical or exposure aspect to this beyond that normally associated with nursing an infant that has not come out yet, but I see no evidence for that, yet...

On the other hand, I am not in favor of 3 month olds being in daycare in general, but it is needed in some circumstances.

[mylife]

In this day and age where we have people allegedly dying of cancer because of the monkey virus contamination of polio vaccines decades ago, where we have multiple types of herpes, hepatitus, aids, and other diseases that can be passed thru mothers milk or even skin contact, and have disease gestation periods of years or decades, I am not surprised at some level of outrage.

Hey maybe we should outlaw life...How can we survive without protection from these possibilities? I understand the Concerns here but lets leave the law out of it.

[JIM O]

Please keep me abreast of any new developments on the busted woman.

If anything pops up on the boob tube I will update you!

This may be just the tip of the story!

[CaliforniaOkie]

It really must be a slow news day.

[Marie Antoinette]

Within a few days after having a baby, a woman should start to produce milk (barring post-birth complications). It's a "use it or lose it" deal, the more a mom nurses, the more milk she makes When she quits breastfeeding, they dry up :-)

[Blue Screen of Death]

I said nothing about it being ok for a stranger to breast feed another's child. It was more of a comment on using cow's milk.

[honeygrl]

"What? You think it's okay for a stranger to breastfeed a baby? "

I definitely think what this lady did was wrong because she had no permission from the mother. Although, I don't have problems with women breastfeeding each others kids with permission. They actually have milk banks where women donate breastmilk for babies who are sick/premature and need it most. But doing it without permission is really a bad idea.

[LiteKeeper]

Criminal! Lock her up! Get her away from our children! What an outrage! </ sarcasm >

[honeygrl]

"does a woman have to have a kid in order to breast feed? and how long does it last? does it turn off one day? "

Usually she does have to have a kid to breastfeed. Breastmilk works with supply meeting demand. The less you nurse, the less milk you have, the more you nurse, the more milk you have. Once you wean the child the milk dries up. (the first 6wks of breastfeeding and the last few weeks of it usually hurt pretty bad) The lady at the daycare most likely had a child of her own that she was still breastfeeding. Or she could've just let it suckle for comfort without getting any milk. Either way, she should've had permission from the mother to do it.

[honeygrl]

"I can see why the mother would be upset, but where is the prosecutor getting the 'outraging public decency' idea ? "

I definitely agree on that one.. and I think a year of prison is too harsh. I'm not sure what would've been an appropriate action but prison time doesn't seem like the right thing.

[Aloysius]

The real outrage here is that a 3-month old baby is in a daycare at all.

Daycare is a liberal's term for child storage.

[GreenHornet]

if people want it to be illegal, they should pass a law.

If they outlaw breast-feeding, only outlaws will have breasts.

[ChemistCat]

I think she was charged with the public decency law because they didn't HAVE any other law against it. So it'll be thrown out of court because it's too much of a stretch.

She put the infant at risk of getting any diseases she might have--but those can be tested for. If she's healthy, this is definitely a non-crime, just a nasty invasion of the mother's rights--which she had partially abrogated anyway. If she has HIV or something, good grief, what a mess.

Norse, a woman who delivers a baby produces colostrum for a couple of days--in fact, she begins producing it sometime toward the end of the second trimester, though she may not notice. Then the milk comes in. Boy does it come in. If she's not nursing, or not nursing often enough, for whatever reason, her body will eventually realize that and stop producing milk, but if the baby nurses well, the milk production regulates itself to the baby's needs. Most women can easily produce enough for twins, even if they are not very large-breasted. Sometime after the baby is weaned, production tapers off, but can easily be brought back for some time, making it possible for orphans to be fed by wet nurses.

Women who adopt can sometimes trigger milk production and nurse their adopted babies, even if they never had a baby themselves. They sell gadgets for that, to supplement with formula while encouraging the baby to nurse--baby never needs to take a bottle. Looks pretty cumbersome to me.

I babysat a very young infant once who would not take a bottle. For hours and hours I struggled with her--her mother was at the ER. Finally I made her THINK I was going to breast feed her, and slipped the bottle in there. Ha. Fooled the colicky little wretch. She was precious. But I wouldn't have PRESUMED to actually nurse another person's child, even though I could, at that time. Most of us know better, but I'm not sure why! It's sort of like kissing someone else's husband. Most of us see the line and don't cross it!

Hope that helps.

[honeygrl]

"I babysat a very young infant once who would not take a bottle. For hours and hours I struggled with her--her mother was at the ER. Finally I made her THINK I was going to breast feed her, and slipped the bottle in there. Ha. Fooled the colicky little wretch. She was precious. But I wouldn't have PRESUMED to actually nurse another person's child, even though I could, at that time. Most of us know better, but I'm not sure why! It's sort of like kissing someone else's husband. Most of us see the line and don't cross it! "

I agree with you there 100% I know a lady once who kept her neice's 7-8mth old overnight because the couple needed a night out and a night alone. The baby was breastfed and cried for hours because it wanted to breastfeed rather than take a bottle. The woman knew the couple really needed some alone time so she kept it through the night anyway and the baby finally fell asleep in bed with her. She awoke during the night with an odd feeling and looked down. The baby had pulled open her nightshirt and was just sucking away happy as could be even though there was no milk. SHe said she just let the baby do what it needed to comfort itself and it slept the rest of the night with no more crying. She told her neice about it when she picked up the baby the next day and her neice was fine with it. She told me how shocked she was when she woke up to that but she wasn't sure what else to do once it had already started. Fortunately her neice understood and was cool with it. Personally I was more shocked that she actually told the story to other people! LOL My mom was totally grossed out by it. She never breastfed though so I'm not sure she understands the level of comfort it brings the baby. I've breastfed both of mine and never could leave my son with anyone long enough to skip a feeding until he was weaned and haven't been able to leave my daughter with anyone yet either longer than a couple of hours (she's 7mth old.) Any mother who breastfeeds should know better than to leave a child with a stranger (or anyone for that matter) and expect them to figure out a way to feed them if the baby isn't use to a bottle.

[ChemistCat]

Yes. But when you have to, you have to. That's the downside to be a La Leche League mom. It's great for the baby unless Mom can't be there!

I admire your posts, by the way.

[honeygrl]

"I admire your posts, by the way. "

Thanks :)

I've actually considered joining LLL but have this fear that my toddler will teach the others there new tricks to get them in trouble LOL

[Political Junkie Too]

If they outlaw breast-feeding, only outlaws will have breasts.

Breasts don't feed babies, milk feeds babies.

-PJ