Stories
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The work of wet-nursing
Many of us know that in the past, babies were sometimes nourished by wet-nurses. But, perhaps surprisingly, the practice continues today – and the milk recipients are not only babies.
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Are you still nursing?
Julia Martins might get the side-eye for breastfeeding a three-year-old in the UK but, as she explains, examples from history, as well as the cultural norms of Brazil, where she grew up, are firmly on the side of extended nursing.
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A freezer full of breastmilk
When new mum Alev Scott began pumping her milk between feeds, she soon found she was freezing more breastmilk than her baby would ever need. So Alev began to investigate ways to share her oversupply.
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Communities of cross-feeders
A desire to help leads some women to “cross-feed” – breastfeed other parents’ babies for free. Alev Scott delves into the emotions behind this altruistic act.
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The bureau of wet nurses in Paris - wet nurses waiting to be selected. Aquatint after C. Brocas, 1822.
Brocas, Charles, 1774-1835.Date: 1822Reference: 17481i- Books
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Infant asylum, for the preserving of the lives, of children of hired wet-nurses, and others: and for the removing of the risks and difficulties in obtaining healthy and reputable wet-nurses, and experienced dry-nurses.
Infant Asylum (London, England)Date: 1799- Books
Infants, parents and wet nurses : medieval Islamic views on breastfeeding and their social implications / by Avner Giladi.
Gilʻadi, Avner, 1947-Date: 1999- Books
Infection of the innocents : wet nurses, infants, and syphilis in France, 1780-1900 / Joan Sherwood.
Sherwood, Joan, 1929-Date: [2010], ©2010- Books
Black women slaves who nourished a nation : artistic renderings of wet nurses in Brazil / Kimberly Cleveland.
Cleveland, KimberlyDate: [2019]