Officer breast-feeds quake orphans (China)

[IronLionZion]

Police officer Jiang Xiaojuan, 29, was feeding nine babies at one point.

JIANGYOU, China (CNN) -- A Chinese policewoman is being hailed as a hero after taking it upon herself to breast-feed several infants who were separated from their mothers or orphaned by China's devastating earthquake.

Officer Jiang Xiaojuan, 29, the mother of a 6-month-old boy, responded to the call of duty and the instincts of motherhood when the magnitude 7.9 quake struck on May 12.

"I am breast-feeding, so I can feed babies. I didn't think of it much," she said. "It is a mother's reaction, and a basic duty as a police officer to help."

The death toll in the earthquake jumped Thursday to more than 51,000, and more than 29,000 are missing, according to government figures. Thousands of children have been orphaned; many others have mothers who simply can't feed them.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/22/china.breastfeed/index.html

http://tinyurl.com/6q7wwh

[JerseygirlCT]

1. THAT is cool.

I hope I'd do the same in her position. Babies need to eat!

[geiger]

2. this is awesome

as someone who has two children, I say give this woman a medal for every baby she breastfeeds, and make sure she gets plenty of food and water.

wonderful.

[BlooInBloo]

3. Wow - didn't realize women could make that much milk! Guess she needs to eat more.

[geiger]

4. demand and supply

get her food and water.

[geiger]

5. delete

[geiger]

6. dup, delete, well maybe no.

get her food and water.

[BlooInBloo]

7. Er.. I think I got it now :P

[IronLionZion]

8. I have no idea how this stuff works

I thought a woman had to have a baby in order to produce milk. :shrug:

[BlooInBloo]

9. Me neither! But it's fun to show how little I know and get laughs from ppl sometimes!

:rofl:

[IronLionZion]

10. yup nt

[shain from kane]

12. "...mother of a 6-month-old boy ..." She is producing breast milk for her own son, and sharing it.

[IronLionZion]

13. got that, I didn't know it could be enough for 9 babies. nt

[lapislzi]

45. The more you feed, the more you make

Your body responds to the demand. It's largely hormonal. Sucking produces the "let down" hormone (I forget the name of it...oxy-something), which is responsible for milk production. Anyone who has ever breast fed an infant knows what this feels like.

As long as this woman receives adequate nutrition and water, she can go on breastfeeding as long as there are infants to nurse.

[geiger]

16. obviously, you don't remember your Bible when a princess breastfed Moses.

AND "duh" to crude comments from the rest of you who have responded so far. There is a crisis here, you frieking so-called "informed," "educated,", "elite" liberals.

[PVnRT]

54. Self-delete

Not worth it.

[Sanity Claws]

21. She does

The article said she had a six month old child and was apparently still nursing it.

[IronLionZion]

30. 9 babies plus her own = a lot of mouths to feed

this is pretty incredible stuff. I can't even imagine how sore she must be.

[Sanity Claws]

31. She looks like a kind person

Did you notice her expression when looking at that baby? She looked at the baby with the love and tenderness of a mother, not a stranger.

[LeftyMom]

51. A lady I met once fed four at once.

She had a toddler who was still nursing, then her neighbor had twins who she was unable to nurse, so she pumped milk for them, and then she herself had another baby, so until the toddler weaned she was nursing four at once, and then three until the neighbor twins were toddlers and no longer needed human milk.

[tblue37]

25. Actually, the act of nursing stimulates hormones that cause lactation.

There were even some weird cases in the 1980s or 1990s where men who wanted to share the experience actually were able to produce small amounts of milk with adequate stimulation (and, I suspect, a dose of hormones). But since she is aready a breast-feeding mother, all she needs is the extra nursing by the other babies to produce extra milk.

[Ilsa]

34. self-delete.

[Midlodemocrat]

11. LOL. Sure can.

when I had my first child, I was told to feed her and then pump until empty. Well, you guessed it. I had enough milk to feed a third world nation and enormous TaTas.

Fortunately, a lactation consultant at the hospital corrected the nurse's mistake and it was fine from there.

[CatWoman]

14. "enormous tatas"?

:rofl:

[Midlodemocrat]

20. Well, let's put it this way.

Had to hold them up when getting out of the shower. Now, have to avoid having them slam against my ankle and break a bone.

Exotic dancing occurred to me at that point. :rofl:

[shain from kane]

22. Paul: "You know in 15 years, you're going to be playing soccer with your t**s."

Last Tango in Paris.

[Ilsa]

38. Midlo, I was an over-producer also. I also

kept the enormous tatas for a couple of years after weaning my last one. At that point, I decided to have the reduction surgery. Insurance covered it. Haven't regretted it for even a moment. Back feels better, I'm sleeping better, clothes fit better, and I don't get the weird stares. It's nice to look like a normal woman again.

[CatWoman]

49. I want to have breast reduction!!!

how did you swing it with your insurance?

[LeftyMom]

53. I always had tons extra.

When I was pregnant, I was big enough my midwife sent me in for a scan to make sure there wasn't a second baby hiding in there someplace. There wasn't, but apparently my tits didn't get the memo.

I was still an A cup though. :eyes:

[Maine-ah]

57. ditto that!

I miss my ta-ta's. Floppin' in the breeze now....:cry:

I stopped BF'ing BB Maine-ah in December, and I'm still producing milk. A girl friend of mine stopped over a year ago and she is still producing milk.

[tblue37]

24. The more you nurse, the more milk you produce--unless you have health problems that

limit your ability to produce. As long as she is healthy and gets plenty of nutritious food and liquids, she will be able to produce plenty of milk.

[BlooInBloo]

28. Or, to dumb it down a bit: Food goes in, food goes out; food goes in, food goes out!

i GET it now! woot!

:rofl:

[gatorboy]

37. So you're part of the "peak milk" crowd.

[BlooInBloo]

41. hahah! Nah - more just profoundly ignorant about "the other side of boobies".

[NewJeffCT]

46. It's an ancient Chinese secret

but, they have some sort of special soup that they make that involves pig's feet, soy sauce and other ingredients - I forgot exactly what else because my daughter is over 5 years old now.

But, after having this soup, my wife went from having enough milk for our daughter, to having enough milk for most of China.

[Indenturedebtor]

15. Girls are cool!

This reminds me of the Grapes of Wrath ending...

[shain from kane]

19. Rose of Sharon.

"The the bearing of her stillborn child, however, brings about a change in her character. Her breasts are full of life-giving milk and with no child to nourish, Rose of Sharon chooses to reach beyond her own considerations for the first time. She offers her milk to a stranger, a man dying of starvation. With this act, Rose of Sharon comes to represent the full circle of human unity: Despite her own position of need, she is able to give life."

[Schema Thing]

17. I can see it now, "BWOB"

Ladies, with tragedies happening around the globe at an alarming pace, and disasters from Burma to the French Quarter in New Orleans sucking away the resources of all the older, conventional aid organizations, won't you consider putting your fresh assets to work in my newest global disaster aid venture, Breast Without Borders? You may be let down, but you'll never be sorry.


Please send resume with pictures and capacities to:

Breast Without Borders
3624 Via Con Leche
Teton Village, WY 83025

[ceile]

18. That is above and beyond the call of duty.

Truly wonderful.

[tblue37]

23. Many women are amazingly generous and giving of themselves. My sister, who always had a rich supply

of breast milk, was a long-term donor to the milk bank back in the 1980s, which provided breast milk for at-risk newborns and premies whose mothers, for whatever reason, could not provide milk for them. I believe they may have either discontinued the program or else are screening very fiercely now, since HIV can be passed through breast milk, but I do know that being able to help babies whose mothers could not provide breast milk for them was important to my sister, and she was grateful for the opportunity to do it.

I always admired my sister for her contributions and wished I were able to do the same, but my supply was always just enough for my own babies.

This young woman in China deserves honor and recognition for her efforts to help the most vulnerable victims of the disaster. Bless her.

[RayOfHope]

26. Incredible and awesome. Good for her. n/t

[KG]

27. DU has ruined me.

in spite of my best intentions, an Olive Garden snark was the first thing that lept to my mind when reading the thread title! oy!

[Hippo_Tron]

36. I was about to ask if she did this at the Olive Garden while smoking a cigarette

:rofl:

[AwakeAtLast]

42. OMG! It's a disease - I did, too!

:rofl:

I was afraid to post mine for fear of a major flamefest!


:rofl:

[intheflow]

29. This is an awesome story!

Thanks for posting! :hi: K&R

[FlyingSquirrel]

32. Must... resist... comment... on... your username

:blush:

[intheflow]

33. You're not alone.

I chose it b/c I was feeling like I was just being swept along intheflowoftime right after the 2004 elections. I never imagined all the PMS imagery it would bring up for DUers! :rofl:

[FlyingSquirrel]

39. I was actually thinking of the flow of breast milk due to the nature of the OP

But that's even worse!

[intheflow]

40. ...

Pick a female liquid--any liquid!


:hide:

[gatorboy]

35. Greatest. Police Officer. EVAH! n/t

[IronLionZion]

43. kick for morning

:kick:

[bdamomma]

44. that is what you call a humanitarian.

[Dulcinea]

47. Wonderful!

That's the act of a true humanitarian.

[woo me with science]

48. If she were in this country, she would be sued immediately

for breastfeeding someone else's child while smoking, or taking prescription medications, or having a cold, or having the wrong diet, or.....

Injecting your bodily fluids into another human being without said human being's parents' permission would cause SOMEONE to go batshit crazy.

That said, I think this is a wonderful story, and she is a hero.

[Sequoia]

50. What a beautiful story.

In reverse,this reminds me of a movie that took place in Indonesia when the British were there and one officer had a relationship with a woman from there they had to flee because he shot another officer for hurting the native people. The woman had a baby and she had gone off for a while so the dad was there playing with the baby in water when the Brits arrested him with the baby. The people thought of him as a hero and heard he was coming down the river so the women along the way offered to feed the baby as they passed through. The mother watched her husband get arrested but she was prevented from going to them because she would've been killed. It was a very sad movie.

[IronLionZion]

52. Do you remember the name of that movie? nt

[Sequoia]

56. No, the name I thought it was isn't the title.

Let me see if I can find it. I'd like to see it again. I think it was based on a true story.

[Sequoia]

61. On second thought, it was Dutch, not English.

Took place in the 1800s.

[PVnRT]

55. WHAT? BREAST FEEDING IN PUBLIC??? TEH OUTRAGE!!!!

Next thing you know, she'll be doing it at an Olive Garden.

[Maine-ah]

58. Beautiful!

[noonwitch]

59. A new example of being a good neighbor!

It's what I think most mothers would do in her shoes, though.

[proud patriot]

60. good for her