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To: Impala64ssa

No. Back in the day wet nurses were commonly employed by women of means.


6 posted on 03/30/2017 11:41:42 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker
No. Back in the day wet nurses were commonly employed by women of means.
True, but if this woman was sh!tfaced and/or high at the time, I wonder how much alcohol or who knows what was passed through her milk?
17 posted on 03/30/2017 12:09:07 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: colorado tanker

That doesn’t mean there are no health risks. Some diseases can be transmitting via breastfeeding.


22 posted on 03/30/2017 12:26:33 PM PDT by Boogieman
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Back in the day, wet nurses didn’t run the risk of having HIV, which is transmitted in breast milk.


26 posted on 03/30/2017 3:36:59 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." --Donald Trump)
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