chinese woman bathes her baby in breast milk

[JODO 2]

Sounds weird, but hopefully it can benefit the baby in some way.

[Niels Bohr 72]

I want to see the picture of this mother. She probaby have something like FFFFFF size breast.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I tried breast milk out of curiousity once and it was pretty damn disgusting

It depends on the source.

Mother, husband and her mother-in-law had all been drinking the extra milk but she says they still have plenty left over

eeeewwww!

You guys just don't understand Chinese customs. Just wait til Shooter sets the record straight.

This is not outside the norm in china. there is very little dairy product available, even in a city like chongqing. nothing can be wasted in china, so everything is shared. definitely lower part of the culture, though.

you think this is amazing, you should read the China Daily newspaper on thursdays. it has a "news areound china" section that should be titled "news of the weird".

try this one for news in china straight from the horses mouth:

http://www.zonaeuropa.com/weblog.htm

Thanks, Batman! I knew I could count on you.

[Nessa 23]

what a waste. weirdo

[Niels Bohr 72]

So, it's okay if it came from cows but not humans.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

So, it's okay if it came from cows but not humans.

Good point. If human milk was pasteurized and sold at stores, people would be used to it.

[zqt3344 21]

People are strange everywhere!

A Chinese new mother is producing so much breast milk that she baths her baby in the excess each day.

Mrs Luo, of Chongqing, says she is producing two litres of milk more than she needs to feed her six-week-old daughter Shan Shan.

Mother, husband and her mother-in-law had all been drinking the extra milk but she says they still have plenty left over.

Luo's mother-in-law said they were all beginning to feel like they were drinking too much milk: "Then I suggested why not give the baby a breast milk bath, and they took my advice," she said.

Luo said the milk bath makes her Shan Shan's skin really smooth and white, reports the Chingqing Times.

But she is looking for someone to donate her extra breast milk to as she feels that bathing her baby in breast milk is too much of an indulgence.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3236313.html

[Nagishkaw 510]

So, it's okay if it came from cows but not humans.

It's never ok. Cow's milk is meant for baby cows, not human consumption.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

So, it's okay if it came from cows but not humans.

It's never ok. Cow's milk is meant for baby cows, not human consumption.

I think I've evolved to depend on cow's milk. I couldn't survive without it.

[Desire019 0]

thats pretty gross

[Ginger cat 3]

So, it's okay if it came from cows but not humans.

Good point. If human milk was pasteurized and sold at stores, people would be used to it.

yeah, but....

you would have thought about giving a bath to your kid in pasteurised cow milk?

call me crazy, but not me.

thats pretty gross

maybe that's better than having a bath in some diphteria contaminated water.

[Ladylethal 12]

People take milk baths, milk is healthy for the skin, I don't see much wrong in that milk bath the baby drinks the milk anyway so why is it gross?

About drinking breastmilk, again, like said above it's only gross and weird due to our culture, ' cus we do drink cow's and goat's milk. So to me it's weird but not " OMG so gross!".

On that note, instead of bathing the baby in milk she should be pumping and donating it as a lot of moms lack milk and it's that much heathier than formula or goat or cow's milk.

[Manika 0]

A Chinese new mother is producing so much breast milk that she baths her baby in the excess each day.

Mrs Luo, of Chongqing, says she is producing two litres of milk more than she needs to feed her six-week-old daughter Shan Shan.

Mother, husband and her mother-in-law had all been drinking the extra milk but she says they still have plenty left over.

Luo's mother-in-law said they were all beginning to feel like they were drinking too much milk: "Then I suggested why not give the baby a breast milk bath, and they took my advice," she said.

Luo said the milk bath makes her Shan Shan's skin really smooth and white, reports the Chingqing Times.

But she is looking for someone to donate her extra breast milk to as she feels that bathing her baby in breast milk is too much of an indulgence.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3236313.html

Is it just okay for the adults to drink breastmilk??? I have'nt heard before that breastmilk can be taken by older pipol...Is'nt it weird? Just a thought...

[KJandSH 0]

Adults can safely drink breast milk. Some adult cancer patients are actually prescribed breast milk (they usually get it from human milk banks).

I don't really see why this is gross. Didn't Cleopatra take baths in goats milk or something? And I agree that an adult drinking cow's milk really should seem more weird than an adult drinking human milk.

I do wonder how she knows how much excess she is producing though. Maybe she is pumping? Women often produce excess milk in the beginning and then their supply stabilizes around 3 months, but if you express a lot of 'extra' milk you are telling your body to produce more than the baby needs and your oversupply will continue.

And of course the article says it makes the baby's skin white. What is it with this 'white' obsession in Asia?!

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A Chinese new mother is producing so much breast milk that she baths her baby in the excess each day.

Mrs Luo, of Chongqing, says she is producing two litres of milk more than she needs to feed her six-week-old daughter Shan Shan.

Mother, husband and her mother-in-law had all been drinking the extra milk but she says they still have plenty left over.

Luo's mother-in-law said they were all beginning to feel like they were drinking too much milk: "Then I suggested why not give the baby a breast milk bath, and they took my advice," she said.

Luo said the milk bath makes her Shan Shan's skin really smooth and white, reports the Chingqing Times.

But she is looking for someone to donate her extra breast milk to as she feels that bathing her baby in breast milk is too much of an indulgence.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_3236313.html

this is unbelievable!