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November 5, 2004

Milkmen

I should make an ohmygodno category. I'm all for equality, but male breastfeeding is not something I want to become fashionable. I don't care how much of a bonding experience it is.

Historically, male lactation was noted by the German explorer Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt prior to 1859, who wrote of a 32-year-old man who breastfed his child for five months. It was also observed in a 55-year-old Baltimore man who had been the wetnurse of the children of his mistress."

A middle aged male wetnurse. Somehow I feel very...dry. If you ever wanted to know why men have nipples, well, now you know.

"If milk production in men were truly unnatural, it wouldn't exist. The fact that it does, leads me to believe that perhaps male lactation is simply nature's back-up system."

No matter how progressive I get, I doubt I would ever do anything to promote milk production. However. it does give me some insight into the bond between mother and child at birth that so often happens (although I wonder if it happens as much as it used to, or in the same way).

Posted by JonasParker at November 5, 2004 2:15 PM

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Very...dry.

Well used.

I had no idea that I may potentially be capable of this...

How do I know?

Posted by: Procrasto at November 5, 2004 2:49 PM

Think wet thoughts, apparently.

Posted by: JonasParker at November 5, 2004 2:53 PM