Salma Hayek Shares Her Breast Milk

Salma - I`m hungry. Help me. Please.

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hey, joey m you sound jealous !

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In the 70"s we did that all the time. Not a problem. Got Milk.

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hey bill sometimes freaky is good.

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It's all for publicity...and "EXPOSURE"!

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I'm shocked that so many people think this is odd. have they never heard of a wet nurse?

Granted, for any of us who breastfed, we realize this wasn't a big deal, anyone would do it. but the fact that hayek has the celebrity to make it interesting may just save a few babies.
After i weaned my sons I pumped to keep the milk coming in and donated the frozen milk to the milk bank every week for 6 months. It's something we can do with little effort and no money and it saves lives in some cases. We can't very well ship our milk to another country,but there are children here who are allergic to everything but breastmilk and their mother doesn't produce enough or any at all. I wish Hayek had pointed that out as well. It's not something you think to do unless you're made aware by someone involved. My OB was an advocate and passed out information to all her patients, think of the milk that one doctor was responsible for. OBs and pediatricians are the a perfect position to encourage this practice.

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I think it is a wonderful thing. I breastfed all 3 of my children and would do it again. Donating your milk is a terrific act. Exspecially if it helps a sick, dying, or starving child. Look at it as if you are donating blood. It shows the awesomeness of God's ability to allow us to show love in so many different ways.

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Folks - what do you think Wet Nurses were during the times of kings and queens? During the Civil War? Ever heard the Indian expresion "it takes a village to raise a child?" feeding each others babies was a part of that - and there was no Gerber then!

You act like its a big deal. the ONLY reason women have breasts is to provide nourishment. Nowhere is there a rule that she should keep that for her babies only. sheesh...

The definition of Wet Nurse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_nurse
Eliciting milk
A woman can only serve as a wet nurse when she is lactating. It is often thought that this means the wet nurse must have recently given birth to a child of her own. This may be the case, but not necessarily, since regular suckling on a woman's breast can elicit the production of milk via a neural reflex through production of prolactin.[1]


[edit] Historical use
The practice of using wet nurses is ancient and found in many cultures. Sometimes it is linked to social class. Members of property-owning classes had their children wet-nursed, in the hope of becoming pregnant again quickly to ensure an heir. (Lactation can suppress ovulation.) Poor women, especially those who suffered the stigma of giving birth to an illegitimate child, sometimes had to give their baby up, temporarily or permanently, and a wet nurse would look after it.

One myth holds that the Egyptian princess Bithiah tried giving baby Moses to wet nurses, but he would not take their milk, for he was destined to speak with the Shekhinah. The prophet Muhammad was wet-nursed by Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb. Wet nursing was reported in France in the time of Louis XIV, the early 17th century. Later, Napoleon was wet-nursed by a woman called Camilla. Wet nurses were common for children of all social ranks in the southern United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Women took in babies for money in Victorian Britain, and nursed them themselves or fed them with whatever was cheapest. This was known as baby-farming; poor care sometimes resulted in high infant death rates.

Wet nursing has sometimes been used with old or sick people who have trouble taking other nutrition. John Jacob Astor and John D. Rockefeller reportedly hired wet nurses for their own use in their old age. [2]

Sigmund Freud's theories about the Oedipal complex are speculated[by whom?] to have been the result of his being raised by a wet-nurse, rather than his mother[citation needed]. This dissociation from his mother prevented the Westermarck effect from taking hold[citation needed].

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Listen, no one wants to see a baby sucking on a boob in public. I'm sorry. That is a private thing. It's tacky to do in public where other people can see you, period.

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What a beaufitul unselfish act. I applaud Selma for her generosity of spirit and kindness to that child. If I could breast feed a child I would do it wholeheartly. My heart would be so full of love and pride. It is the duty of every human being in this planet to be caring towards others any way possible.

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its disgusting? What exactly do you think women have breasts for? TO FEED THEIR YOUNG! if you can hand food out of your pantry to an adult in need, whip it out for a baby too.

I'd have no problem with that, nor would I have a problem having my child fed by another. I'd far rather see my child with a breast then a bottle of formulated crap anyday.

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That is just so incredibly sweet. It makes me wish I were still lactating. One nice thing about breastfeeding: you really can't catch anything from the baby that you wouldn't catch by just holding it. Except maybe thrush. Now, women with HIV should (ideally) not breastfeed directly, but instead pump and heat the milk; HIV can pass through breastmilk. If the woman's viral load is low, the chances of so-called vertical transmission are also lowered, but I wouldn't take that chance. Brava to Salma and little Valentina.

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I would be concerned about the baby passing HIV to her nipple, then to her baby, it sounded like the child had that or another serious illness. I heard HIV can be passed by breast milk, but I don't know if the child can pass it to the mom thru breast feeding. Just pay for some formula, then the worry is gone.

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For those of you who keep mentioning AIDS, inform yourself before you spout. AIDS cannot be transmitted from an infected mother to her child thru breastmilk, an infected child cannot transmit through nursing a non infected mother. the AIDS virus is far too fragile to live through digestive juices, and a nipple isn't the "mucos membrane" that can accept the virus.

AIDS infected babies usually are infected during birth, not by nursing.

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beautiful, absolutely beautiful

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No one???? Speak for yourself, Sam. I'd LOVE to see women breastfeeding in public a lot more often!! And NOT for sexual reasons. There's not a DAMN thing wrong with a woman breastfeeding!! If there was something sick or wrong with it, her body wouldn't be making milk at all!! Too bad we don't have a choice of living as the opposite sex for a while every so often so we can all see what it's like on the other side of the fence. Certain animals have the ability to change their sex, too bad we can't.

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FIRST THING IS, NO WHERE IN THE ARTICLE DOES IT SAY THE BABY WAS STARVING! SECOND IT SAYS THE WOMEN DON'T BREAST FEED BECOUSE THEY FEEL ITS NOT ENOUGH FOOD! LOOK AT THE KID, HE'S NOT STARVING PEOPLE!! I CANT BELIEVE THE NERVE SHE HAS PULLING HER TIT OUT AND PUTTING IT IN A STRANGERS BABIES MOUTH! SHE IS A FREAKING WEIRDO, HER AND THE OTHER HOLLYWOOD DOO-GOODER WEIRDO'S NEED TO STAY THERE AND NOT COME BACK!!!!!

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