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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    09/22/09

    In reply to Breast Maybe Not Best For Babies' Balls
    And babies never absorb pesticides through water which is used to mix formula, either...
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    Image of izzynomad izzynomad
    09/23/09

    @redqueenmeg: pesticides are lipophilic, so the amount dissolved in water will be infinitesimally smaller than the amount that can be found in fatty breast milk
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    09/23/09

    @izzynomad: Dang, I forgot there's no fat in formula.
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    Image of Ruby_de_la_Booby Ruby_de_la_Booby
    09/22/09

    In reply to Breast Maybe Not Best For Babies' Balls
    But breast feeding reduces MY cancer risk! So I guess I should just pump, throw out my milk and give the baby formula? Hmmm, I suspect a Similac/Medela conspiracy!
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    Image of palebluepixie palebluepixie
    09/22/09

    In reply to Breast Maybe Not Best For Babies' Balls
    Why does the person with the boobs have to change? It should be the farmer or whoever the hell thinks it's ok to spray poison all over our food. The boobs don't even need to come up in this conversation.
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    Image of Alys Brangwin can't stop the beat Alys Brangwin can't stop the beat
    09/23/09

    @palebluepixie: It should be the Farm Bill that changes.
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    Image of Vidya108 Vidya108
    09/22/09

    In reply to Breast Maybe Not Best For Babies' Balls
    And if the mother doesn't breast-feed, those toxic dioxins stay in her own body, contributing to a higher risk of breast cancer among women who have never nursed.
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    Image of GirlFailer GirlFailer
    09/22/09

    @Vidya108: The only solution is to find men with a lactation fetish and poison them with your dirty milk. Think of the children and your breasts.
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    Image of Vidya108 Vidya108
    09/22/09

    @GirlFailer: Lol! Luckily, fasting also reduces dioxins without risk to others (except then in the sanitation water, of course -- this stuff never really goes away).
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    Image of GirlFailer GirlFailer
    09/22/09

    In reply to Breast Maybe Not Best For Babies' Balls
    Maybe we need to lay off the pesticides not the boobs. Also, when is the series of studies proving that men ruin their children with every choice they make? *tapping toe* I'm waiting....
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    Image of GirlyQ is a manta ray GirlyQ is a manta ray
    09/22/09

    In reply to Breast Maybe Not Best For Babies' Balls
    No matter what you do as a mother, it's wrong. So do what you want, and what's best for your family. Fuck everyone else.

    *brought to you by GirlyQ for a better world*
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    Image of dangerslut dangerslut
    09/22/09

    @GirlyQ wants Ziva:
    Another article, another day, another reminder you're fucked if you do, and you're fucked if you don't.

    I second your remarks and would just to remind everyone to wear clean underwear.
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    GirlFailer promoted this comment dangerslut was starred dangerslut was unstarred
    Image of GirlFailer GirlFailer
    09/22/09

    @dangerslut: I hear that the detergents that clean your underwear can cause brain damage to your hypothetical fetus.
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    Image of dangerslut dangerslut
    09/22/09

    @GirlFailer:
    *sigh*

    Round - GirlFailer
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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    09/22/09

    @GirlFailer: This just in: existence leads to death. And it's the mother's fault for birthing you.
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    Image of gangey gangey
    06/08/09

    In reply to Mothers Buying Breast Milk On The Black Market • Ex Hooker Marries Heavy Metal Musician
    I find it odd that even CHRISTIAN "heavy metal" band guys go for (ex)strippers.


    Way to conform to stereotypes, everyone!


    That said, I hope they are happy, and whatnot.

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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    06/08/09

    In reply to Mothers Buying Breast Milk On The Black Market • Ex Hooker Marries Heavy Metal Musician
    Breast milk black market: oh La Leche League what hath you wrought?


    FORMULA ladies. It's not the deadly concoction of arsenic and lead paint some breast milk proponents have lead you to believe.

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    Image of I_b_meh I_b_meh
    06/08/09

    In reply to Mothers Buying Breast Milk On The Black Market • Ex Hooker Marries Heavy Metal Musician
    Giving my infant a stranger's breast milk bought on the black market? I think not, nut uh, no fucking way.
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    Image of greengrey greengrey
    06/08/09

    @I_b_hatin: Yeah, um, can't AIDs be spread though breast milk? Do we think these women are testing the women providing milk?
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    Image of applejuice applejuice
    06/09/09

    @greengrey: The HIV virus is not actually present in breastmilk itself BUT, if there is any kind of crack in the nipple it can be passed that way - ie if the mother bleeds a little (which does happen sometimes). If there are no cracks in the nipples studies have shown the milk should be safe.


    I totally agree it would be a worry though, in the US they would always advise that a woman with HIV should bottlefeed to be on the safe side. In Africa studies have found that the transmission rate is pretty low anyway, but if women follow certain protocols (on top of looking after their nipples not feeding the baby any solids until they are over like 8 months because earlier can cause tiny tears and abrasiions in their gut that can make transmission more likely if the mother were likely to have a bleed) that is is safer for an HIV infected mother to breastfeed. Bottlefeeding leads to much more death there. (Bottlefeeding is notoriously unsafe in areas with bad wter supplies and also it is too expensive in most cases for women to continue.)


    I know we are not talking about Africa, but I just find this all interesting! Sorry for going off topic a little.


    More on point - from what I have read, most women who make arrangements with someone to buy breastmilk (it is getting more and more common) usually have the woman have blood tests to be sure she is disease-free.

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    Image of save jinger save jinger
    06/08/09

    In reply to Mothers Buying Breast Milk On The Black Market • Ex Hooker Marries Heavy Metal Musician
    A 93-year-old man wed an 89-year-old woman in Florida this weekend, stating that she'd had her eye on him for 20 years. After the ceremony, technicians used nail polish remover to remove the adhesive from her eye and returned it to her.


    Sadly, for a second, I didn't get the joke.

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    Image of dirtybee dirtybee
    06/08/09

    In reply to Mothers Buying Breast Milk On The Black Market • Ex Hooker Marries Heavy Metal Musician
    "Hooker For Jesus" Annie Lobert and Oz Fox of the Christian heavy metal band Stryper have gotten married in Las Vegas in a webcasted ceremony."


    Hooker, Jesus, Stryper (close to stripper), Las Vegas, Christian.


    That is WAY too much for my brain to handle in one damn sentence.

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    Image of bananaprincess bananaprincess
    03/04/09

    In reply to Milky Way
    Considering that milk banks that are used to help premmie babies whose mothers are having trouble breastfeeding, have a huge problem getting supplies ( mainly cost of refrigeration etc) I don't think there is going to be a lot left for icecream.
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    Image of moosesanddeers moosesanddeers
    03/03/09

    In reply to Milky Way
    This reminds me of the gallery show I went to where the artist brewed a keg of beer from her vaginal yeast. I think I was the only square that didn't drink it. I still feel conflicted over that one, like it makes me a worse feminist that I'm so squeamish.
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    Image of Triphena Triphena
    03/03/09

    @moosesanddeers: No, that's gross. Full stop. You can love vaginas and women and equal rights and still not want to taste some crazy artist's fermented vag juice. Ugh.
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    Image of aubonpam aubonpam
    03/03/09

    In reply to Milky Way
    Fuck it, I would try it. If the diet of the milk donor was reasonably ok (not cheetos) it would probably be fine.
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    Image of BellaTricks BellaTricks
    03/03/09

    In reply to Milky Way
    I'd like to shake the hand of the woman that volunteered her breast milk for this little experiment.
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