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Breast-feeding mother sues airlines

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Woman sues Delta; was kicked off plane for breast feeding

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Swedish bloke attempts lactation

Milkman massages moobs

A Swedish dad who hopes he might in future be able to help out his missus in the breastfeeding department has embarked on a rigorous programme of moob-pumping to entice vital nourishment from his chest.

Ragnar Bengtsson, 26, has begun "stimulating his breasts with a pump" at three-hour intervals, and will continue to do so until December for the viewing pleasure of audiences of TV8, which is documenting the audacious experiment.

Bengtsson told The Local: "Anything that doesn't do any harm is worth trying out. And if it works it could prove very important for men's ability to get much closer to their children at an early stage."

He added: "If it works and the milk turns out to have a high nutritional value it could be a real breakthrough."

Quite what Bengtsson's fellow economics students at Stockholm University will make of it remains to be seen. He noted: "I'm going to have to pull out the pump during lectures. But really it doesn't bother me if it makes people uncomfortable. If they have issues with it that's their problem."

The milkman did, though, admit: "There have been a lot of strong reactions. Some people think it's completely sick."

Those of you who think Bengtsson is on a pump to nowhere should note the words of Sigbritt Werner, professor of endocrinology at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, who confirmed three or four months of dedicated effort should yield "a drop or two".

She explained: "Women breastfeed after they've been bathing in estrogen during a nine month pregnancy, so obviously it takes some time. But if he works on it regularly he'll likely notice a layer of tissue forming beneath the areola and it should be possible to produce enough of the hormone prolactin to cause lactation."

Werner provocatively concluded: "Men often have trouble finding things. And if the mother is out, the child is screaming and they can't find the pacifier I'm sure there are a lot of men who give their baby their breasts."

We have no doubt Reg readers will await the result of Bengtsson's child-rearing initiative with keen interest. He has a two-year-old son who, mercifully, "is in no way involved in the experiment", The Local notes. ®Milkman massages moobs A Swedish dad who hopes he might in future be able to help... more

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Avoiding Foods While Breast Feeding | Mom Choice Review

Many women find that they can eat whatever they may like during breast feeding. Even... more

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Sometimes Breast Isn't Best

Why one mom ditched the breast for the bottle.

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Man Drinks Daughter's Breast Milk To Fight Cancer

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Breastfeeding mother told 'no food or drink by the pool'

A mother was ordered to stop breastfeeding her baby next to a swimming pool because of... more

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Got Milk?

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Breastfeeding mum 'too drunk'

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Salma Hayek Breastfeeds African Child

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Salma Hayek breast feeds African baby

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Death Sentences in Chinese Milk Case

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Better lungs for kids fed from breast, not bottle

Study: Process of breast-feeding for more than 4 months aids lung capacity Children... more

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Facebook bans breastfeeding photos!

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Protests mount over Facebook ban on breast-feeding photos

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Mama's milk ice cream cone, anyone?

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Breast fed babies live longer: Road show seeks to promote breast feeding

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Tainted milk scandal revives China's 'wet nurses'

A scandal over tainted infant formula and milk sweeping across China has revived business opportunities for a once-condemned practice: the hiring of wet nurses.

Ads from nursing mothers who want to earn money feeding other infants have popped up on Web sites, and urban agencies that offer household help say inquiries about wet nurses have soared from new mothers worried about contaminated infant formula.

Just a few decades ago, Mao Zedong denounced the practice of paying for wet nurses as decadent. And for decades after modern China's founding in 1949, nearly all women breastfed because they were too poor to buy infant formula.

But as China has grown more prosperous, many urban women have shunned breastfeeding for fear it would hurt their figures, or because they were seduced by rampant advertising that infant formula is nutritious, or even because grandparents of new infants clamor to take part in feeding rituals.

In the two weeks since a scandal erupted over adulterated infant formula and milk, tens of thousands of children have sought medical care, nearly 13,000 have been hospitalized and four infants have died.

Zhan Liying, a 28-year-old mother who gave birth in early August, sat in a household employment agency Wednesday waiting for clients who might hire her to breastfeed their infant.

"With the infant formula issue, there is demand for wet nurses," Zhan said. "It's a way to make money."

Only prosperous Chinese families can afford it, though. Wet nurses often live with employers and charge anywhere from $1,100 to $2,700 a month.

Chinese law gives working mothers four to six months of maternity leave, although some career-oriented women prefer not to take such a leave.

Some Chinese mothers believe they are unable to produce enough milk to feed their children. Others worry that breastfeeding will cause sagging.

Wet nurses were a staple of the imperial era. China's last emperor, Pu Yi, is known to have suckled the breast of his wet nurse into his teens.

On a wet nurse user forum on QQ, China's leading online social network, a man going by the nickname "blue forever," said he would block his wife from offering the service.

"Who likes other people's babies to suckle on the breasts of one's own wife?" he wrote.A scandal over tainted infant formula and milk sweeping across China has revived... more

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Breast feeding doll

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Breast-feeding mother sues airlines

Woman sues Delta; was kicked off plane for breast feeding

Swedish bloke attempts lactation

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Sometimes Breast Isn't Best

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